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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Now, a 10 percent failure rate may not seem so bad at face value. —

Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024 Some Western commentators have taken Putin’s narrative at face value, suggesting that the new wonder weapon might carry out decapitation strikes against European countries, or devastate NATO airbases in Western Europe. —

David Hambling, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 The world over the rainbow is just too surreal and strange to ever be taken at face value — it’s got to mean something. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024 These peace plans can be taken at face value, as the countries that advance them may genuinely want to help secure peace. —

Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at face value

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