take for granite
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, for, granite.
Example Sentences
- "We take for granite as we are growing up That we will live to a ripe old age The things we take for granite Would more than fill a newspaper page"
- "On the south side of, and at a little distance from, the Baths of Landeck, there occurs a variety of gneiss, which, at first sight, may be taken for granite, particularly if a small specimen only be examined."