HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of take for granite | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Eggcorn of take for granted.
    Canada, US
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, granite.

Examples

“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”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See take for granite used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course