attend to
verb1
To serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on.
2
To diligently work on; to pay attention to.
- You should attend to your studies if you plan to succeed in the exams.
- Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties.1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
- Derived terms
- attend to one's knitting