What does “take for granted” mean?. The idiom “take for granted” is one of the most popular idioms that commonly used in daily life. In this lesson, you will learn the meaning with examples of the idiom in English.
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Take for Granted
Take for Granted Meaning
“Taken for granted” means that a thing is considered to be ordinary, common knowledge and so should be accepted without giving it any thought. For example, “It can be taken for granted that all living humans breathe and eat.” In other words, no evidence or proof is needed for anyone to believe it.
Take for Granted Examples
Example sentences
- But I take it for granted.
- It was impossible to take it for granted.
- Ludens was right in a way to complain that they were now all taking it for granted.
- Why do we take it for granted that education is a good to which everyone equally is entitled?
- He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them.
- Now we took it for granted that seawater came swirling up around our feet whenever we left the cabin or cockpit baskets.
- He seemed to take it for granted that she was the one to talk to.
- We just took it for granted that the $1000 was part of the normal fee for buying a house.
- She had taken it for granted that they would spend the night in Denver.
Conversation Examples
A conversation between two co-workers.
- Co-worker 1: What’s wrong Susan?
- Co-worker 2: I feel like our boss takes me for granted. I work just as hard as everyone else does and get paid less than everyone for the same efforts.
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