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Phrase(s): take an amount of money for something
to charge a certain amount for something. • I’ll take four thousand for that car there. • How much will you take for a big bag of flour?, Phrase(s): take someone for someone or something
to perceive someone as someone or something. • I took you for a fairly even-tempered person. You aren’t. • Alice took Jim for a gentleman—which he was., Phrase(s): take someone for something
1. Lit. to escort someone to and through some activities, such as a walk, a swim, a ride, etc. • Can I take you for a ride? • He took me for a walk in the park, and then we came home. 2. Inf. to cheat someone by a certain amount of money. • That crook took me for a hundred bucks. • How much did he take you for?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Regard as, as in Do you take me for a fool? [First half of 1400s] 2. Consider mistakenly, as in Don't take our silence for approval, or I think they took us for foreigners. [Second half of 1500s] Also see TAKE FOR GRANTED; WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME FOR.
American Heritage Idioms