take one's word

take one's word
{v. phr.} To believe one's promise. * /Herb took Eric's word when he promised to pay up his debt./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • take one at one's word — {v. phr.} To naively lend credence to what one tells one. * /It s a bad idea to take street vendors at their word in large, crowded cities./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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