take+for+granted
11take 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… …
12take for granted — 1》 fail to appreciate through overfamiliarity. 2》 (take something for granted) assume that something is true. → grant …
13take for granted — expect, assume His support cannot be taken for granted. We must ask him …
14take for granted — assume something is a certain way or is correct I took it for granted that you knew him. Otherwise I would have introduced you …
15take for granted — phrasal 1. to assume as true, real, or expected 2. to value too lightly …
16take for granted — not appreciate, not realize how much something means to you …
17take for granted — Admit, allow, concede …
18take someone/something for granted — fail to appreciate someone or something that is very familiar or obvious the comforts that people take for granted | she took him for granted. take something for grantedassume that something is true without questioning it: | people no longer took …
19take for — verb keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view (Freq. 2) take for granted view as important hold these truths to be self evident I hold him personally responsible • Syn: ↑deem, ↑hold, ↑ …
20take 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,… …
