| 单词 | to take a person at his offer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a person at his (her, etc.) offer (also proposal) h. to take a person at his (her, etc.) offer (also proposal) and variants: to accept a person's offer or proposal. Cf. to take a person at his (also her) word at word n. and int. Phrases 1b(d). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > accept or embrace embracec1399 tenderc1430 accept1524 to take a person at his offer1592 to lean into1941 1592 R. Greene Blacke Bookes Messenger sig. C4v Hee takes you at your offer, and promiseth to husband it so for you, that you shall spend with the best. 1659 P. Heylyn Parable Tares Ep. Ded. sig. Bv Had they took me at my offer, certain I am, it might have redounded very much to the clearing of my reputation. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 292 I was for taking him at that Proposal. 1793 W. Young New Latin-Eng. Dict. (new ed.) at Eurytus Hercules took him at his offer, and got the better, but was refused the prize. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 826/1 Taking him at his offer, I was conveyed on shipboard that same night. 1900 Med. World Nov. 413/2 He will probably take you at your offer. 2006 Spokesman Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 1 July e3 Jesus..promises to bear our burdens for us. What a relief, and a joy, it is to take him at his offer. < as lemmas |
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