take someone's word for it

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take someone's word for it (third-person singular simple present takes someone's word for it, present participle taking someone's word for it, simple past took someone's word for it, past participle taken someone's word for it)

1. (idiomatic) To believe what someone claims, especially without checking or verifying for oneself.

   I can't really check on that, so I'll have to take your word for it.

Related terms

• take someone at their word
• take it from me
• take to the bank
• word is bond
• word of honor

Translations

to believe what someone claims

• Catalan: agafar pel mot
• Dutch: iemand op zijn woord geloven
• Finnish: luottaa sanaan (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix), uskoa sanaan (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)
• French: croire sur parole (fr)
• German: jemanden beim Wort nehmen
• Hungarian: szaván fog (hu)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} taka einhvern á orðinu
• Irish: creid ó duine éigin
• Italian: credere sulla parola (it)
• Polish: wierzyć na słowo impf, uwierzyć na słowo pf
• Russian: пове́рить на́ слово pf (povéritʹ ná slovo)
• Spanish: tomar la palabra

See also

• nullius in verba