- take for granted
- ► take for granted 1) fail to appreciate through over-familiarity. 2) assume that (something) is true.Main Entry: ↑grant
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take 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
take 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
take 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… … Wiktionary
take for granted — phrasal 1. to assume as true, real, or expected 2. to value too lightly … New Collegiate Dictionary
for granted — See: TAKE FOR GRANTED … Dictionary of American idioms
for granted — See: TAKE FOR GRANTED … Dictionary of American idioms
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take — takable, takeable, adj. taker, n. /tayk/, v., took, taken, taking, n. v.t. 1. to get into one s hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write. 2. to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a book … Universalium
granted — See: TAKE FOR GRANTED … Dictionary of American idioms
granted — See: TAKE FOR GRANTED … Dictionary of American idioms
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