Idioms

be taken for granted

be taken for granted

1. To be considered innately true, real, or correct; to be anticipated as always being available or at hand. The plenitude of our natural resources has been taken for granted by people for most of human history. I guess we had taken for granted that our kids would stick around this town and take care of us when we get older. It's just been taken for granted that I want to work for the family business. No one has asked me what I actually want to do.
2. To be underestimated or undervalued; to not be properly appreciated or recognized. I've decided to go out and start my own business, because I'm sick of being taken for granted in this huge corporation. I'm just getting fed up because I do so much around the house, and it feels like I'm being taken for granted. We're always taken for granted, it seems, but if we weren't here, this whole company would collapse!
See also: for, grant, taken
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It's [beginning strikethrough]none of[end strikethrough] all your business: make-up policies--magic or misery
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