take for

take for
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "take for":
present tense I/you/we/they take for he/she/it takes for present participle taking for past tense took for past participle taken for
take someone/something for someone/something to believe something, usually wrongly, about someone or something

She looks so young I took her for your sister.

Do you take me for a complete idiot?

what do you take me for?:

I won't tell anybody – what do you take me for? (= I am not that type of person)


English dictionary. 2014.

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