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Discover LudwigThe phrase "assumes him" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a belief or expectation about someone, but it lacks proper context and structure.
Example: "She assumes him to be the leader of the group, but she has no evidence to support that."
Alternatives: "considers him" or "takes him for".
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Though there is no hard evidence of David's presence, the context today fully assumes him.
"Can al-Sisi unite Egyptians?" I ask, seeing how Moussa already assumes him to be the country's next president, even before he announces his intention to seek elected office.
When preteen Alex, a straight-A student with few friends, wangles himself into rock star Royce's dressing room at a concert, Royce assumes him to be a radio contest winner and allows him to tag along to a party.
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At once, we take Connie's side, assuming him to be his brother's keeper.
It no longer strikes me -- and I assume him -- as such a swell idea.
He tells his family that if he hasn't returned within 10 days to assume him dead.
Was Hobsbawm really the dangerous communist, the Stalinist apologist, the unrepentantly hardline Marxist that so many have assumed him to be?
Others of my ilk, seeing the name transliterated as Kim Jong Il, assume him to be the son of Kim Jong I, which he is not.
At my launch party, I effusively greet a man in a grey suit, assuming him to be a TV producer (everyone else is in khaki casual).
A homophobic cowboy discovers he has Aids, and is subjected to a helping of his own foul-tasting medicine from those who assume him to be gay.
Neither of the Schullers had ever heard of Philip Johnson, and at the time they assumed him to be a landscape architect.
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