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 .
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“I definitely do feel it’s not something I take for granted to be in these rooms and to know that my voice matters,” Howe said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
There are a lot of narratives about AI that people take for granted, including “AI will take our jobs” or “someday AI will be smarter than humans,” or even that AI literally means “artificial intelligence.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
Security is omnipresent, and the comforts we take for granted in the West can vanish without warning—as when my upscale hotel couldn’t muster a hot shower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
I hope they don’t take for granted all the little things he does, like say “Good morning” and “good night.”
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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