take someone's word for it

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To believe what someone claims, especially without checking or verifying for oneself.

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When he said the software would fix the problem, I decided not to take someone's word for it and ran my own diagnostics.

詳細

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To believe what someone claims, especially without checking or verifying for oneself.

I can't really check on that, so I'll have to take your word for it.

詳細

takes someone's word for it （ present singular third-person ）

taking someone's word for it （ participle present ）

took someone's word for it （ past ）

taken someone's word for it （ participle past ）