take at face value

== English == === Alternative forms === accept at face value === Verb === take at face value (third-person singular simple present takes at face value, present participle taking at face value, simple past took at face value, past participle taken at face value) (transitive, figuratively) Accept as presented, without question or further investigation. Synonyms: take on trust, take on faith Antonyms: take with a grain of salt, read between the lines ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== on the face of it take seriously take someone at their word ==== Further reading ==== “take sth at face value”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “take someone something at face value” (US) / “take someone something at face value” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “take something at face value” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.