take for granted

1. 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]

2. Underestimate the value of, become used to, as in The editors felt that the publisher was taking them for granted .

Example Sentences

On scoring 250 goals for Liverpool, Salah added: "It's a great feeling to score goals for such a big club, it's something I don't take for granted, I'm so proud and happy about that achievement."

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Why might we hunger for, and fear, the very freedom that generations before us took for granted: to be visible only when others can directly see us?

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At the Mill Basin Deli on the southeast edge of Brooklyn, it was taken for granted that giving any quarter to Mamdani would be foolhardy.

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And there wouldn’t be the sustained dollar depreciation we take for granted under modern paper money.

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Sue hopes this new method could potentially help her and thousands of others like her have something most of us take for granted -- an accurate blood pressure reading.

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