see about

see about (third-person singular simple present sees about, present participle seeing about, simple past saw about, past participle seen about) (transitive)

1. To take care of; to attend to; to check up on.

   I'll see about that when the time comes.

   • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 38, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 188:

     His father would come into the bedroom randomly during the day, leaving the saloon to come home and see about him and to try and get his mother to take a break.

2. To inform oneself about; to come to know of; to look for.

   We'll see about that!

   I have to see about a good doctor.

3. To contact (someone); to meet (someone) and talk to them about.

   See your supervisor about the incident!