take someone at their word – English–Suomi translations

🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

take someone at their word verb

  • believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true
 luottaa sanaan, uskoa sanaan
  • take someone literally even though they may not have been serious
 ottaa kirjaimellisesti, ottaa todesta
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