take it from me

1. Also, you can take it from me. Rest assured, believe me, as in You can take it from me, we've been working hard on it. This idiom was first recorded in 1622 in slightly different form, take it upon my word. The current form appeared in 1672.

Example Sentences

“Seth, Seth, I'm gonna stop you right there . . .The problem is, that’s divisive. Take it from me – if there's one thing I learned from this weekend, it's you have to be fair to both sides.”

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“Take it from me. If there’s one thing I learned from this weekend, it’s you have to be fair to both sides.”

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"I said that if you are going to take it from me, you are going to have to really take it from me, and that is exactly what he did," Hudson-Smith said.

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“My message to them is simple. You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him. Take it from me, I haven’t always agreed with President Trump, but we agree more often than we disagree.”

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On Tuesday night, she told supporters of hers who might be on the fence: “You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him – take it from me.”

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