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take someone at their word verb

  • (transitive) To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke.
 potraktować poważnie, traktować poważnie
  • (transitive) To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true.
 uwierzyć na słowo, wierzyć na słowo
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