take one at word

take one at one's word

to believe what someone says and act accordingly. She told me to go jump in the lake, and I took her at her word. You shouldn't take her at her word. She frequently says things she doesn't really mean.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Junayd	-	Arabic
Eugenia	e-oo-KHE-nyah (Spanish), e-uw-GEN-yah (Polish), yoo-JEE-nee-ə (English), yoo-JEEN-yə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Tatton	TAT-ən	English (Rare)
Geoff	JEF	English
Ahmed	-	Turkish, Bosnian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
Pua	-	Hawaiian