TAKE SOMETHING AS READ meaning: Assume it is already known - OneLook

Usually means: Assume it is already known.

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take something as read: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
take something as read: Merriam-Webster
take something as read: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
take something as read: Collins English Dictionary
take something as read: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take something as read)

▸ verb: (idiomatic) To assume that everyone agrees that something is correct.

Similar:

take for granted, suppose, take at face value, go by, take someone's word for it, presume, default, accept at face value, accept, assume the position, more...

Opposite:

question, doubt, challenge, dispute, contest

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Similar:

take for granted, suppose, take at face value, go by, take someone's word for it, presume, default, accept at face value, accept, assume the position, more...

Opposite:

question, doubt, challenge, dispute, contest

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