Meaning of take for granite | Babel Free
Definitions
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Eggcorn of take for granted. Canada, US
- 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.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.