take for
verb
took for; taken for; taking for; takes for
: to suppose (someone) to be (a particular kind of person) : to perceive (someone) as (something)
What do you take me for?
"I think I do understand. I'm not such a dull fellow as you take me for."—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery… a usually commonsensical fellow who was anything but the … clod some people took him for.—Robert Sherrill
Robert SherrillPlease do not take me for a wimp—one of those pallid, selfless creatures who shuns disagreements entirely.—Maggie Scarf
Maggie ScarfExamples of take for in a Sentence
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What this experience also taught me [is] that nothing should be taken for granted.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
Evidence from the scene has been taken for analysis at the State Police Forensic Sciences Division crime laboratory.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
While antibiotics are needed to treat many bacterial infections, they’re often misused and taken for issues that are not bacterial, or that do not require antibiotics.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 31 July 2024
In the past, the model has often firmly been rooted in its racing origins, take for instance collaborations with Porsche.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
Evidence from the scene has been taken for analysis at the State Police Forensic Sciences Division crime laboratory.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
While antibiotics are needed to treat many bacterial infections, they’re often misused and taken for issues that are not bacterial, or that do not require antibiotics.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 31 July 2024
In the past, the model has often firmly been rooted in its racing origins, take for instance collaborations with Porsche.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
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“Take for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20for. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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