take at face value
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UKteɪk ət ˌfeɪs ˈvæljuː
USteɪk æt feɪs ˈvæljuː
To accept something as it appears, without questioning it.
Don't take everything you read at face value.
She took his promise at face value.
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take it on face valuetake it at face value
The fixed preposition is 'at'.
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Similar and opposite
- Similar
- accept as truetake literally
- Opposite
- questionbe sceptical of
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