Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “ take someone at their word” and its meaning is “to believe/accept completely what someone says without verifying it further”.
Example Sentence: Yet Formula One (F1) appears happy to take abusive regimes at their word. When challenged by CNN on the state of human rights in its Gulf partner states, Chase Carey, the head of F1 pointed to “clear publicity about increased rights for females in Saudi Arabia”. To choose the last state on Earth to allow women to drive for a motorsport event always seemed distasteful – and in appearing to side with the regime, has F1 betrayed those who genuinely fought for women’s rights in the kingdom?
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Lewis Hamilton has spoken out on human rights. Formula One will have to take a stand and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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