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what do you take me for?

Idioms  
  1. What sort of person do you think I am? For example, What do you take me for, an idiot? This expression dates from the mid-1800s.


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The look on her face says what do you take me for?

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Confound it man, what do you take me for?

From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by De Mille, James

"The devil! what do you take me for?" cried the visitor, haughtily.

From A Cardinal Sin by Sue, Eugène

"Frau Pastorin, what do you take me for?" cried Br�sig, advancing upon her again, with outspread arms, so that she took refuge a second time behind the table.

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz

"Why, Strange, what do you take me for?"

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

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