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in the care of

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*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.

See also: care, of