at face value

idiom

: for the price that is printed on something

We bought the tickets at face value.

: as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted

After all his lying, nothing he says now should be taken/accepted at face value.

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But they're continually interrupted by Aidy Bryant, who plays a precocious student who takes all Schumer's double entendres at face value. —

Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025 The order was bad enough at face value, designed to vilify and terrify trans people under the guise of protecting women. —

Ilyse Hogue, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025 Taken at face value, those stances could put him sharply at odds with Republicans, especially from farm states, who are close political allies of giant agricultural production and food processing interests. —

Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025 Fans who purchase tickets and are unable to go will also be able to resell their seat at face value. —

Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for at face value

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