take someone at their word

动词 v.

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动词 v.

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. transitive
To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true. transitive

— There’s no way to objectively know if a particular alterhuman individual is actually an otherkin, otherkith, or otherlink. As with matters of gender identity, they have to be taken at their word—sometimes quite literally: it might be a word you've never heard before.

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takes someone at their word present,singular,third-person taking someone at their word participle,present took someone at their word past taken someone at their word participle,past