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What's "take charge of" mean?

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Rebecca

In this case, to "take charge [of/for]" means to "take care" or "be responsible for." Thus, SpongeBob is saying here that he will take care of/be responsible for the child until his mother appears. Ex: I can take charge for this project. Ex: Can you take charge of this child for ten minutes?

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