take for
verb
took for; taken for; taking for; takes for
transitive verb
: to suppose (someone) to be (a particular kind of person) : to perceive (someone) as (something)
What do you take me for?
"I think I do understand. I'm not such a dull fellow as you take me for."
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery… a usually commonsensical fellow who was anything but the … clod some people took him for. Robert Sherrill
Robert SherrillPlease do not take me for a wimp—one of those pallid, selfless creatures who shuns disagreements entirely. Maggie Scarf
Maggie Scarf
Word History
First Known Use
1535, in the meaning defined above
taking for
phrase
as in regarding
to think of in a particular way Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- regarding
- considering
- setting down
- viewing
- calling
- looking (on or upon)
- counting
- accounting
- rating
- believing
- thinking
- feeling
- holding
- reckoning
- esteeming
- deeming
- sensing
- imagining
- fancying
- conceiving