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take for granted
Underestimate the value of, become used to, as in The editors felt that the publisher was taking them 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]
Example Sentences
The 59-year-old added: "It's simple, little things that you take for granted, but it does make a hell of an impact on our lives."
“That film invented a lot about what we take for granted as a great documentary,†the younger of the pair says.
But the point is that the guarantee of US help can no longer be taken for granted.
Sometimes, it takes the near-loss of something — or someone — we took for granted to stir a reckoning.
"She is enjoying some of the home comforts that most of us take for granted," Mr Burke said.
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