TAKE ONE AT ONE'S WORD

Meaning of TAKE ONE AT ONE'S WORD in English

v. phr. To naively lend credence to what one tells one. It's a bad idea to take street vendors at their word in large, crowded cities.

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TAKE ONE AT ONE'S WORD — phrasal : to understand and accept one's statement as literally true when he said he wanted to be left alone, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE ONE AT ONE'S WORD — {v. phr.} To naively lend credence to what one tells one. * /It's a bad idea to take street vendors …
Slang English vocab
TAKE ONE AT ONE'S WORD — {v. phr.} To naively lend credence to what one tells one. * /It's a bad idea to take street vendors …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ONE — 1. числ. колич. 1) один ( число 1 ) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ONE — 1. числ. колич. 1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина one third — одна …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ONE — 1. _n-card. 1> один; one hundred - сто, сотня; one in a thousand - один на тысячу; редкостный 2> номер …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ONE — 1. n-card. 1. один; one hundred - сто, сотня; one in a thousand - один на тысячу; редкостный 2. номер …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ONE — 1. _n-card. 1> один; one hundred сто, сотня; one in a thousand один на тысячу; редкостный 2> номер один, первый; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
ONE
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORD — I. ˈwərd, ˈwə̄d, ˈwəid noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WORD — /werrd/ , n. 1. a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WORD — I. ˈwərd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German wort word, Latin verbum, Greek eirein …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORD — noun verbal contention; dispute. 2. word ·noun signal; order; command; direction. 3. word ·noun talk; discourse; speech; language. 4. word …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WORD — / wɜːd; NAmE wɜːrd/ noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun UNIT OF LANGUAGE 1. [ C ] a single …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORD — I. word 1 S1 W1 /wɜːd $ wɜːrd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ worded , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WORD — n. & v. --n. 1 a sound or combination of sounds forming a meaningful element of speech, usu. shown with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WORD — n. & v. n. 1 a sound or combination of sounds forming a meaningful element of speech, usu. shown with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WORD — n. & v. --n. 1. a sound or combination of sounds forming a meaningful element of speech, usu. shown with …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORD — ( words, wording, worded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A word …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORD — I. noun 1 unit of language ADJECTIVE ▪ two-letter , three-letter , etc. ▪ monosyllabic , polysyllabic ▪ two-syllable , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WORD — See ↑ WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a word of advice ... • ↑ be as good as your word …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
WORD — n. 25B6; noun the Italian word for ham : TERM, name, expression, designation, locution, vocable; formal appellation. his words were …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WORD — 1. сущ. 1) слово to write a word ≈ сделать запись to coin a word ≈ создать/придумать новое слово to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WORD — word.ogg 1. wɜ:d n 1. слово primary simple, vernacular, accessory word - лингв. корневое простое, исконное, служебное слово half a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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