English · Idiom Candidate

take something as read

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Accept something as true or certain without needing proof

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Chấp nhận điều gì đó là đúng hoặc chắc chắn mà không cần bằng chứng

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: interpret something as already understood

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Mr Williamson, were you proposing to briefly outline the methodology or w shall we take it as read?

well item one is the minutes of the A G M nineteen ninety two if there are any queries, may I have them now or I will take them as read and sign them.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “take something as read” mean?

Accept something as true or certain without needing proof Literally: interpret something as already understood

Is “take something as read” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.