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Definition of attend to phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

attend to

phrasal verb

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attend to somebody/something

to deal with somebody/something; to take care of somebody/something
- I have some urgent business to attend to.
- A nurse attended to his needs constantly.
- (British English, formal) Are you being attended to, Sir? (= for example, in a shop)
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