at face value
 at face value
  1 : for the price that is printed on something
   We bought the tickets at face value.
  2
  ◇ Something that is taken/accepted at face value is regarded as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted.
   After all his lying, nothing he says now should be taken at face value. [=accepted as true]
  
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 Main Entry: face value