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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

Why, P�re Tricot, what do you take me for?

From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell

"My dear fellow," said James, "what do you take me for?"

From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

"Say, what do you take me for?" he inquired, gazing about him pityingly.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane

Go on, what do you take me for?

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

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