take at face value

• accept at face value

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.

• “take sth at face value” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “take someone something at face value” (US) / “take someone something at face value” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary, Macmillan Education.