take at face value
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take at face value
verb takes at face value · taking at face value · took at face value · taken at face value · accept at face value
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Accept as presented, without question or further investigation.
Our parents’ generation seems neither able nor interested in understanding how marketers exploit them. They take shopping at face value.
Similar: take on trust, take on faith · Opposite: take with a grain of salt, read between the lines
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verb Translations
| Español | al pie de la letra |
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| Français | prendre pour argent comptant |
| Deutsch | etwas für bare Münze nehmen |
| Italiano | prendere per buona moneta |
| Ελληνικά | παίρνω τοις μετρητοίς paírno tois metritoís |
| Română | lua de bun |
| Русский | принима́ть за чи́стую моне́ту prinimátʹ za čístuju monétu, приня́ть за чи́стую моне́ту prinjátʹ za čístuju monétu |
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title = {take at face value},
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urldate = {2026-11-07}
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