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take for

vb. 1 To regard. 2 To consider mistakenly. 3 (context colloquial English) To defraud, to rip off.

WordNet
take for

v. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" [syn: deem, hold, view as]