单词 | take someone at his or her word |
释义 | take someone at his or her wordAlso, take someone's word for. Accept what someone says on trust, as in Since he said he'd agree to any of my ideas, I'll take him at his word, or She said she wanted to help out and I took her word for it. This idiom appeared in Miles Coverdale's translation of the Bible: “He said ... he is my brother. And the men took him shortly at his word” (I Kings 22:33). It is still so used. [1535] Words nearby take someone at his or her wordtake root, take shape, take sick, take sides, take some doing, take someone at his or her word, take someone for a ride, take someone in, take someone's life, take someone's measure, take someone's name in vain The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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