take at face value

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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)

  1. (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
    • 1991, Douglas Coupland, “New Zealand Gets Nuked, Too”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC:
      Our parents’ generation seems neither able nor interested in understanding how marketers exploit them. They take shopping at face value.

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