Took for granted going topless and continued (7)
I believe the answer is:
resumed
'continued' is the definition.
(resuming is a kind of continuing)
'took for granted going topless' is the wordplay.
'took for granted' becomes 'presumed' (I've seen this before).
'going topless' means to remove the first letter.
'presumed' with its initial letter taken away is 'RESUMED'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for resumed that I've seen before include "Carried on again" , "got to work on again" , "came into play again" , "Took up again" , "Recommenced" .)