take for
English
Verb
take for (third-person singular simple present takes for, present participle taking for, simple past took for, past participle taken for)
- To regard as.
- Does he take me for a fool?
- To consider mistakenly.
- Sorry, I took you for someone else.
- (colloquial) To defraud; to rip off.
- Pinkett angry that George betrayed trust, took him for $100K.
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Translations
to regard
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to consider mistakenly
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to defraud, to rip off
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