taken for dead

appearing to be dead; assumed to be dead. I was so ill with the flu that I was almost taken for dead. The accident victims were so seriously injured that they were taken for dead at first.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Meaghan	MEG-ən	English
Ceferino	the-fe-REE-no (Spanish), se-fe-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Luanne	loo-AN	English
Karlee	KAHR-lee	English (Modern)
Philip	['filip]
Garvan	GAHR-van	Irish