present participle of take for

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of take for

(slang, New Zealand) In abundance. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Africa.

In a poker tournament consisting of multiple tables, the requirement that each next hand be dealt only after all tables have finished the current hand, to prevent players from stalling near an increase in the prize payouts, and/or when there must be a definitive player ranking.

(archaic) Because.

For the rest of a person's life. / Very fast or strenuously, as if to save one's life.

Said by one friend to another in response to thank you.

(dated) To pay dearly for one's caprice.

(slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay for