take something as read

take something as read
to assume that everyone agrees that something is correct

So, we can take it as read that youll be paying.


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  • take something as read — phrase to accept that something is true without needing any more information or proof You can take it as read that he’ll say no. Thesaurus: to believe or accept that something is true or existssynonym Main entry: read * * * Brit. accept something …   Useful english dictionary

  • take something as read — to accept that something is true without needing any more information or proof You can take it as read that he ll say no …   English dictionary

  • take something as read — Brit. assume something. → take …   English new terms dictionary

  • take something on trust — phrase to believe that something you have heard or read is true, although there is no proof You’ll just have to take these figures on trust. Thesaurus: to believe or accept that something is true or existssynonym Main entry: trust * * * take… …   Useful english dictionary

  • take something with a grain of salt — take (something) with a grain of salt to consider something to be not completely true or right. I ve read the article, which I take with a grain of salt. Related vocabulary: hard to swallow Etymology: based on the idea that food tastes better and …   New idioms dictionary

  • take something with a pinch of salt — take (something) with a pinch of salt British & Australian, American & Australian if you take what someone says with a pinch of salt, you do not completely believe it. You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt. She has a tendency… …   New idioms dictionary

  • take something as gospel truth — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • take something as gospel — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • take it as read — British & Australian to accept that something is true without making sure that it is. We just took it as read that we were invited. (often + that) …   New idioms dictionary

  • take something on trust — to believe that something you have heard or read is true, although there is no proof You ll just have to take these figures on trust …   English dictionary

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