take it as read

Meaning

1. take it / sth as read

   to accept sth without discussing it

   Can we take it as read that you want the job?

In the movies · 7

• Take your time. Read it over.Ex Machina2014
• So, please take a read.The House Bunny2008
• I'd like you to take the note and read it out loud.The Trial of the Chicago 72020
• We'll take the foreplay as read, if you don't mind, dear.Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983
• Please take your seat and read your lesson.Anne of Green Gables1985
• It s gonna take about an hour I read that you re from ScotlandThe Island2005
• Senator pastore, this is a philosophical statement and would take about ten minutes to read.Won't You Be My Neighbor?2018

From the same entry

• read between the lines
• read like a book
• read my lips
• read the Riot Act
• read back
• read into
• read on
• read out
• read over
• read up