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11take 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… …
12take 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… …
13take\ 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 become used… …
14take for a ride — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. * /The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride./ 2. To play a trick on; fool. * /The girls told Linda that a movie star was visiting the school, but she did… …
15take for a ride — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. * /The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride./ 2. To play a trick on; fool. * /The girls told Linda that a movie star was visiting the school, but she did… …
16take\ for\ a\ ride — v. phr. slang 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride. 2. To play a trick on; fool. The girls told Linda that a movie star was visiting the school, but she did not believe… …
17take for granted — verb a) To assume something to be true without verification or proof. Let it be considered a delicate intimation on the part of the historian that he is going back to the town in which Oliver Twist was born; the reader taking it for granted that… …
18take for a ride — vp To drive someone away to kill. The capo ordered that the informer be taken for a ride. 1920s …
19take for — phrasal to suppose to be; especially to suppose mistakenly to be …
20take for — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mistake] Syn. misapprehend, misunderstand, err; see mistake . 2. [To assume] Syn. presuppose, infer, accept; see assume 1 …
