"take to the bank" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take to the bank.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes to the bank [present, singular, third-person], taking to the bank [participle, present], took to the bank [past], taken to the bank [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> to the bank}} take to the bank (third-person singular simple present takes to the bank, present participle taking to the bank, simple past took to the bank, past participle taken to the bank)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To utterly trust, believe, or rely on. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: bank on, take someone's word for it Translations (to utterly trust, believe, or rely on): drauf wetten (können) (German), Gift drauf nehmen (können) (German)

Inflected forms

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