phrasal verb · neutral
take for
UK/teɪk fɔː(r)/US/teɪk fɔr/take·FOR
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to think that someone or something is someone/something else; to mistake or regard as
Examples
“I took him for a local because he spoke the dialect fluently.”
“Don't take me for someone who's easily fooled.”
“She was taken for a relative of the celebrity because of her resemblance.”
Band 8 sentence
“At dusk I took the silhouette for a tree, but as I approached I realised it was a person.”
Collocations
- take someone for someone/something
- be taken for
Word family
take (v) verbmistake for phrasal verb
Common mistakes
I take him as a teacher.→I took him for a teacher.
I take him for teacher→I took him for a teacher
Say it for a higher band
5assume→6mistake for→7+take for
Synonyms
mistake for
assume
Easily confused
mistake for
“She mistook him for his brother because they looked so similar.”
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