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(US, Canada) Eggcorn of take for granted. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, granite.

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take for granite

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take for granite

Canada US

(US, Canada) Eggcorn of take for granted. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, granite.

Japanese Meaning

（「take for granted」のエッグコーンとして）～を当然と思い込む、当たり前と見なす

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Don't take for granite the help your colleagues offer; they might need your support too.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

同僚が差し伸べてくれる助けを当然のことだと思わないでください。彼らもあなたの支援を必要としているかもしれません。

Sense（1）

(US, Canada) Eggcorn of take for granted.

We take for granite as we are growing up

That we will live to a ripe old age

The things we take for granite

Would more than fill a newspaper page

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, granite.

On the south side of, and at a little distance from, the Baths of Landeck, there occurs a variety of gneiss, which, at first sight, may be taken for granite, particularly if a small specimen only be examined.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

takes for granite

（ present singular third-person ）

taking for granite

（ participle present ）

took for granite

（ past ）

taken for granite

（ participle past ）

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