care

verb [I] (WANT)

/ker, kær/ fml

Definition

› (used in polite offers and suggestions) to want something: [+ to infinitive] Would you care to join us for dinner?

(Definition of care verb (WANT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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