take for granted
Idioms-
Consider as true or real, anticipate correctly, as in I took it for granted that they'd offer to pay for their share but I was wrong . [c. 1600]
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Underestimate the value of, become used to, as in The editors felt that the publisher was taking them for granted .
Example Sentences
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Take for granted how fast this sport can be, Especially for players that close.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2013
Take for granted, therefore, the tedious hours spent at the ferry-house, in restoring to consciousness the exhausted women, half-dead with cold and fright.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
Take for granted that God loves you and gives you His whole self, and work on in the fulness of His possessed gift.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
Take for granted instead that you are going to live them down, and trample them beneath your feet.
From Etheldreda the Ready A School Story by Horrell, Charles
Take for granted that it is good news, splendid news—the news he would like most to hear.
From Big Game A Story for Girls by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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