take+for

  • 1take for — index deem Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2take for — Synonyms and related words: account as, assume, be afraid, believe, conceive, conclude, consider, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, dream, esteem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather, grant, guess, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression,… …

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  • 3take for — phr verb Take for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fool, ↑walk …

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  • 4take for granted — index assume (suppose), guess, postulate, presume, presuppose, suspect (think), trust …

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  • 5take for oneself — index impropriate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6take for public use — index condemn (seize) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7take for granted — Synonyms and related words: accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, allegorize, allude to, anticipate, assume, be afraid, be caught napping, be certain, be neglectful, be negligent, believe, believe without reservation, bring to mind, buy,… …

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  • 8take for — {v.} To suppose to be; mistake for. * /Do you take me for a fool?/ * /At first sight you would take him for a football player, not a poet./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 9take for — {v.} To suppose to be; mistake for. * /Do you take me for a fool?/ * /At first sight you would take him for a football player, not a poet./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 10take for granted — {v. phr.} 1. To suppose or understand to be true. * /Mr. Harper took for granted that the invitation included his wife./ * /A teacher cannot take it for granted that students always do their homework./ Compare: BEG THE QUESTION. 2. To accept or… …

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