take for granted


Consider as true or real, anticipate correctly, as in I took it for granted that they'd offer to pay for their share but I was wrong. [c. 1600]

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How to use take for granted in a sentence

  • "What one sees every day, she may feel in a sort of take-for-granted way, without thinking about it," said Letty.

    Mary Marston | George MacDonald