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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Hockney was "normalising same-sex relationships... that we take for granted", Bilton suggests, adding the artist showed that gay people "are just normal people... doing normal stuff, looking at our partners and thinking: 'oh, you're beautiful'".
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
You’ve said that part of what you’re doing in the class is denaturalizing what we take for granted.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The antidote psychologists prescribe is mental subtraction: deliberately imagining life without what you take for granted.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
"The child who comes through, we want them to realise that many of the things that they take for granted have absolutely amazing stories behind them."
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The new guard’s expression was the same as his predecessor’s, seeming to take for granted the guilt of the men in the cage.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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