take (someone or something) seriously

phrase

: to treat (someone or something) as being very important and deserving attention or respect

He takes his religious faith seriously.

She's well qualified for the job, so she hopes the company will take her seriously.

His parents threatened to punish him, but he didn't take them seriously, since he had not been punished before.

Most politicians take themselves too seriously.

Examples of take (someone or something) seriously in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And work on those vehicles began more than a decade ago — when SpaceX was still a young company that a lot of industry professionals did not take seriously. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026

But weekends like this one make those arguments tough to take seriously. — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2026

The idea that these companies are meaningfully different from gambling sites — or, more to the point, that their growth is not being driven by young men gambling on their phones — is hard to take seriously. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026

Under this societal construct, how are men supposed to take seriously a disease that bears the name of a body part so associated with the opposite gender? — Zachary Bernstein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026