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taken for

taken for is the past participle of take for.

Meaning of take for

Verb

take for (third-person singular simple present takes for, present participle taking for, simple past took for, past participle taken for)

  1. To regard as.
    • Does he take me for a fool?
  2. To consider mistakenly.
    • Sorry, I took you for someone else.
  3. (colloquial) To defraud; to rip off.
    • Pinkett is angry that George betrayed his trust and took him for $100K.
  4. (transitive) Bring (a person) to acquire (a thing).
    • Jim took his daughter for ice cream.
  5. (transitive) To account for; to charge for; to scan.
    • ”Have you taken for a bag?” “Yes, I’ve scanned it and charged you an extra 25p, you would’ve had to pay £4.75 but now that’ll be £5.00 please.”
  6. (chiefly Herefordshire) To go towards.
    • The fox took for Westhide wood.

Questions about taken for

What is taken for the past participle of?
Taken for is the past participle of take for.

Words near taken for in the dictionary

  1. taken effect
  2. taken exception
  3. taken fire
  4. taken five
  5. taken flight
  6. taken for
  7. taken for a drive
  8. taken for a ride
  9. taken for a spin
  10. taken for granite
  11. taken for granted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken for (page history and authors); take for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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