Take-for-granted definition

The expression take for granted means that a person is failing to appreciate or properly value someone or something.

You shouldn't just take for granted that I will always be available to help you when you get in trouble.

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(verb phrase) To take for granted means that a person is assuming that something is going to happen without it being explicitly stated.

Grandma didn’t specifically invite me to come over for Thanksgiving dinner, but it was taken for granted that I would be welcome to attend.

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To assume something to be true without verification or proof.
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(idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of, to fail to appreciate.
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Take-for-granted Sentence Examples

  • For many children, a bookshelf filled with books is something they take for granted.

  • We may further take for granted that Barlow was a bishop in the Catholic sense of thQ word.

  • Be sure to pack everyday items that you take for granted.

  • They seem to take for granted that the spirit - though not the letter - of that great man was a definitive statement of the Christian principle.

  • It is a new won and hard won stability which Britain must not take for granted.

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