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take to the bank

take to the bank verb: to utterly trust, believe, or rely on.

Verb

take to the bank (third-person singular simple present takes to the bank, present participle taking to the bank, simple past took to the bank, past participle taken to the bank)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To utterly trust, believe, or rely on.
    • "You can take that to the bank," Davis said. "It's etched in stone."2001 June 24, “News from the National League: Davis to retire”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 08 Mar 2017
    • He said that is a promise that Ms. Smith and her lawyers "can take to the bank."2006 May 1, David Stout, “Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Mar 2017

Forms of take to the bank

third-person singular presenttakes to the bank
present participletaking to the bank
pasttook to the bank
past participletaken to the bank

Questions about take to the bank

What does take to the bank mean?
Take to the bank means to utterly trust, believe, or rely on.
What part of speech is take to the bank?
Take to the bank is a verb.
What is the past tense of take to the bank?
The past tense of take to the bank is took to the bank.

Words near take to the bank in the dictionary

  1. take to one's bosom
  2. take to one's heels
  3. take to one's scrapers
  4. take to pound town
  5. take to task
  6. take to the bank
  7. take to the bricks
  8. take to the cleaner's
  9. take to the cleaners
  10. take to the field
  11. take to the grave

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