take for
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
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[edit]
to regard
to consider mistakenly
to defraud, to rip off