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take sb at their word

take Sb at their word
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Definition of take sb at their word words

  • phrase take sb at their word If you take someone at their word, you believe what they say, when they did not really mean it or when they meant something slightly different. 0

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Parts of speech for Take sb at their word

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

take sb at their word popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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