what do you take me for?
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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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Words nearby what do you take me for?
whataboutery, whataboutism, what'd, what-do-you-call-it, what do you know, what do you take me for?, whate'er, whatever, whatevs, what for, what gives
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