Look after
Look after verb - Keep under careful scrutiny.
Tend to and look after are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend to" instead a verb "Look after".
Tend to
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Again, most people tend to miss that these animals only behave like pets around people they know, usually have their own 'play/sleep room' (that they trash) and are extremely difficult/expensive to look after.
Source: All Animals Are Domesticated -
Except for Gold-Patches, Untorians tend to look after themselves and crave violence and blood.
Source: Literature / Harahpin
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