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  1. take someone at their word: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. take someone at their word: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (take someone at their word)

verb:  (transitive) To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke.
verb:  (transitive) To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true.

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