you take care

[justlearning]

"take care" as a phrase is normally used at the end of a conversation, right?

But in the below paragraph, how appropriate is the usage of "take care". (said to someone the night before his exam)

Bob... Good night. You take care. Good luck with the exams. Sleep tight. Pray well. It'll all be fine.

[probus]

"You take care" is commonly used in AmE at the end of a visit. The speaker admonishes the departing visitor not to carelessly get hurt on the way home. But the admonition is not to be taken very seriously. It is light-hearted and has synonyms such as "Safe home."

[Raymott]

Bob... Good night. You take care. Good luck with the exams. Sleep tight. Pray well. It'll all be fine.

I'm wondering how Bob is going to sleep with all those instructions to remember.

[probus]

It's just what we say.

[5jj]

It's just what we say.

Pray well?

[beesting]

Pray well?

Why not?

[Barb_D]

I have heard people say "We need to pray about this" or even an encouragement to "pray hard" but "pray well" doesn't work together very well - if one has an open heart, can one pray badly?

But more importantly, we discourage suggesting a person follow a religious practice that the speaker may follow but the listener may not.