prendre pour acquis — meaning in English
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English meaning
- take for granted verb phrase To stop appreciating someone or something because you assume they will always be there and always do the same for you.
Senses
prendre pour acquis is used for these senses in English:
- take for granted (transitive, of a thing) To assume something to be true without verification or proof.
- take for granted (transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.
take for granted — full definition
- verb phrase To stop appreciating someone or something because you assume they will always be there and always do the same for you.
- verb phrase To accept that something is true or certain without questioning or checking it.
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