english
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see IN CHARGE, def. 3.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): *in the care of someone [and] *in the charge of someone;*in someone’s care; *under someone’s care in the keeping of someone. (*Typically: be ~; leave someone or something ~; place someone or something [into] ~.) • I left the baby in the care of my mother. • I placed the house into the care of my friend.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs