take+for
31take for a ride — vp To drive someone away to kill. The capo ordered that the informer be taken for a ride. 1920s …
32take for granted — expect, assume His support cannot be taken for granted. We must ask him …
33take for a ride — to murder You bundled your victim into a car and killed him in a secluded place: ... taken for a ride. His death is attributed... (Lavine, 1930) Whence the current figurative meaning, to cheat …
34take for granted — assume something is a certain way or is correct I took it for granted that you knew him. Otherwise I would have introduced you …
35take for — phrasal to suppose to be; especially to suppose mistakenly to be …
36take for — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mistake] Syn. misapprehend, misunderstand, err; see mistake . 2. [To assume] Syn. presuppose, infer, accept; see assume 1 …
37take for — accidentally think something to be; think something is what it s not …
38take for a ride — phrasal trick, cheat …
39take for granted — phrasal 1. to assume as true, real, or expected 2. to value too lightly …
40Take for a ride — 1. kidnap and murder; 2. deceive and wilfully mislead …