take for gospel
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The commercial prospects of the Islands are great, even if we do not instantly take for gospel the fairy tales we are told about Manila becoming the centre of the trade of the Pacific.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer
I don't take for gospel what I hear Bob say; I don't believe one word of the story.
From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. by Susanna Moodie
He was content to take for gospel all she told him, and to seek no more.
From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman
"How much do we take for gospel, and how much for romance?"
From Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead
Oh, yes," grinned Alaric Hobbs, "the last part I'll take for gospel truth.
From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Richard Savage
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