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taking someone's word for it

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing -some-one's -word -for it
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take someone's word for it

Questions

What does taking someone's word for it mean?
present participle and gerund of take someone's word for it

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