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take for
verb
informal, (tr, preposition) to consider or suppose to be, esp mistakenly
the fake coins were taken for genuine
who do you take me for?
Idioms and Phrases
Regard as, as in Do you take me for a fool? [First half of 1400s]
Consider mistakenly, as in Don't take our silence for approval , or I think they took us for foreigners . [Second half of 1500s] Also see take for granted ; what do you take me for .
Example Sentences
But there is some uncertainty about how long it will take for Adobe to benefit from AI.
The focus has shifted to how long it will take for major economic releases to resume, following the government’s reopening, the senior market analyst says.
But investors are now worried the incoming torrent of data could swing markets and upend bets on a December interest-rate cut that they had once taken for granted.
"The diagnosis remains the worst part of our life.Suddenly everything we took for granted was 10-20 times harder," he says.
The Senegalese winger's talent is taken for granted now, but he had to work hard to prove himself before landing a spot in a Premier League starting line-up.
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