# take for granted

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/take-for-granted
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.

## Examples

- Do not take your health for granted.
- We often take our clean water for granted until the supply stops working.
- It is a common human failing to take for granted the steady support of those who love us until they are no longer there.

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