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See: TAKE FOR GRANTED.

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take for granted

[take for granted] {v. phr.} 1. To suppose or understand to be true. * /Mr. Harper took for granted that the invitation included his wife./ * /A teacher cannot take […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

for granted

[for granted] See: [TAKE FOR GRANTED]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

comedown

[comedown] {n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown for Al when the girl he took for granted refused his marriage proposal./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

part of the furniture

[part of the furniture] {n. phr.} In a job or position for so long that one is taken entirely for granted, like a part of the physical surroundings. * /He […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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