take for
Britishverb
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Regard as, as in Do you take me for a fool? [First half of 1400s]
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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
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In comparison, the domestic box office take for “One Battle After Another,” the Oscar winner for best picture, topped out at just under $73 million.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
“Bottom line, we don’t know how long it will take for a lasting ceasefire to take, but when it is secured, the focus will return to a mixed economic outlook,” Essaye concludes.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
But that advice assumes the public trusts that prices will come back down, and after five years of above-target inflation, that trust is harder to take for granted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
What investors today take for granted — buying or selling a basket of thousands of stocks with a single click of a mouse while incurring no transaction cost — was impossible.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
Her mouth spreads into what I take for a smile.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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