Meaning of “see to sth/sb” in the English Dictionary

"see to sth/sb" in English

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formal or old-fashioned

— phrasal verb with see uk /siː/ us /siː/ verb present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seen

B2 to deal with a person or task that needs to be dealt with or is waiting to be dealt with:

"These letters need posting." "I'll see to them later."

Mrs Chapman asked for some help with the orders - could you see to it?

[ + that ] Please see to it that no one comes in without identification.

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(Definition of “see to sth/sb” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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