accept something as gospel truth

accept something as gospel truth
accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true.

You shouldn't accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers.


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  • accept something as gospel — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • take something as gospel truth — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • accept as gospel truth — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • take as gospel truth — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • take something as gospel — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • accept as gospel — accept/take (something) as gospel (truth) to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn t accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

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  • gospel — [[t]gɒ̱sp(ə)l[/t]] gospels 1) N COUNT: oft in names In the New Testament of the Bible, the Gospels are the four books which describe the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. ...the parable in St Matthew s Gospel. ...an illustrated and illuminated… …   English dictionary

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