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• Phrasal verb, das eine irrige Annahme oder Wahrnehmung ausdrückt, dass jemand oder etwas jemand oder etwas anderes sei.

A phrasal verb used to indicate mistakenly perceiving or assuming someone or something to be something else.

unzählbar · unregelmäßiges Verb · transitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Mistakenly believeinformal

   To incorrectly assume or believe that someone or something is a particular thing.

   Verwechseln mit

   • I took him for a doctor because of his white coat.
   • She took the noise for thunder, but it was a truck.
   • Don't take me for a fool; I know what you're doing.

2. Consider or regardinformal

   To view or treat someone or something in a specific way, often with a negative connotation.

   Halten für oder betrachten als

   • He takes his wife for granted.
   • They took her kindness for weakness.
   • I took his silence for agreement.

   Synonymeconsiderdeemregard asview as

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