in the care of someone

in the care of someone
*in the care of someone & *in the charge of someone & *in someone's care & *under someone's care
in the keeping of someone. (*Typically: be \in the care of someone; leave someone or something \in the care of someone; place someone or something [into] \in the care of someone.) •

I left the baby in the care of my mother.

I placed the house into the care of my friend.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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