English Explanatory Dictionary

take someone at their word

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke.
  2. To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true.

Word forms

take someone at their word takes someone at their word taking someone at their word took someone at their word taken someone at their word

Related words

on the face of it take at face value
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