take for granted

Anglais

Étymologie

Composé de take (« prendre »), for (« pour ») et granted (« acquis »), littéralement « prendre pour acquis ».

Locution verbale

take for granted /teɪk fɔːɹ ˈɡɹɑːn.tɪd/ (se conjugue, voir la conjugaison de take)

1. Prendre pour acquis.
   • Let it be considered a delicate intimation on the part of the historian that he is going back to the town in which Oliver Twist was born; the reader taking it for granted that there are good and substantial reasons for making the journey. — (Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 17, 1839)
2. (Idiotisme) Sous-estimer.
   • He had fiercely championed loveless ladies entering frustrated middle age, the married woman whose husband took her for granted and seldom into his arms. — (« Posthumous Portrait », Time, 25 novembre 1946)

Prononciation

• Royaume Uni : [teɪk fɔː ɡɹɑːntɪd]
• États-Unis : [teɪk fɔɹ ɡɹæntəd]