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{
"form": "takes someone's word for it",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "taking someone's word for it",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "took someone's word for it",
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"past"
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},
{
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},
"expansion": "take someone's word for it (third-person singular simple present takes someone's word for it, present participle taking someone's word for it, simple past took someone's word for it, past participle taken someone's word for it)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't really check on that, so I'll have to take your word for it."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To believe what someone claims, especially without checking or verifying for oneself."
],
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"links": [
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"believe",
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"(idiomatic) To believe what someone claims, especially without checking or verifying for oneself."
],
"related": [
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"word": "take someone at their word"
},
{
"word": "take it from me"
},
{
"word": "take to the bank"
},
{
"word": "word is bond"
},
{
"word": "word of honor"
},
{
"word": "nullius in verba"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "agafar pel mot"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "iemand op zijn woord geloven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"suffix",
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "luottaa sanaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"suffix",
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "uskoa sanaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "croire sur parole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "jemanden beim Wort nehmen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "szaván fog"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "creid ó duine éigin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "credere sulla parola"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wierzyć na słowo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uwierzyć na słowo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povéritʹ ná slovo",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пове́рить на́ слово"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "tomar la palabra"
}
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Australia"
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"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "take someone's word for it"
}
{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "taking someone's word for it",
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]
},
{
"form": "took someone's word for it",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken someone's word for it",
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"participle",
"past"
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}
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "take someone at their word"
},
{
"word": "take it from me"
},
{
"word": "take to the bank"
},
{
"word": "word is bond"
},
{
"word": "word of honor"
},
{
"word": "nullius in verba"
}
],
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"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Icelandic translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't really check on that, so I'll have to take your word for it."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To believe what someone claims, especially without checking or verifying for oneself."
],
"links": [
[
"believe",
"believe"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) To believe what someone claims, especially without checking or verifying for oneself."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "agafar pel mot"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "iemand op zijn woord geloven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"suffix",
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "luottaa sanaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"suffix",
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "uskoa sanaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "croire sur parole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "jemanden beim Wort nehmen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "szaván fog"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "creid ó duine éigin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "credere sulla parola"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wierzyć na słowo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uwierzyć na słowo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povéritʹ ná slovo",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пове́рить на́ слово"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to believe what someone claims",
"word": "tomar la palabra"
}
],
"word": "take someone's word for it"
}
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