never trust me

phrase

Used in oaths, suggesting that one should never be trusted again if what one says now is not true.

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Meanings

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  1. UKobsoleteslangUsed in oaths, suggesting that one should never be trusted again if what one says now is not true.

    Pet[ruchio]. Now for my life Hortentio feares his Widow. Wid[ow]. Then neuer truſt me if I be affeard.

    c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 227, column 2
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    Never trust me if I had not a suspicion from the first that 'twas that ill-looked fellow B— who made that story Mr. D— told you.

    1888, Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-1654
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APA

never trust me. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never%20trust%20me

MLA

“never trust me.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never%20trust%20me. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “never trust me,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never%20trust%20me.

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