take it from me

verb

Believe me; rest assured.

“Take it from me, if you can't learn how to communicate with each other, your marriage will never work.”

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Meanings

verbtake it from me (third-person singular simple present takes it from me, present participle taking it from me, simple past took it from me, past participle taken it from me)

present singular third person takes it from me · participle present taking it from me · past took it from me · participle past taken it from me · alternative you can take it from me · alternative you may take it from me

  1. Believe me; rest assured.

    Take it from me, if you can't learn how to communicate with each other, your marriage will never work.

    1 more example

    Take it from me, someday we'll all be free

    1973, Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard, “Someday We'll All Be Free”, in Extension of a Man, performed by Donny Hathaway

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
believe me

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 相信我
  • 相信我 (xiāngxìn wǒ)believe me
Finnish luota minuun, usko minua
  • luota minuunbelieve me
  • usko minuabelieve me
  • usko poisbelieve me
  • luottakaa minuunbelieve me
  • uskokaa minuabelieve me
  • uskokaa poisbelieve me
French c'est moi qui te le dis, c'est moi qui vous le dis
  • c'est moi qui te le disbelieve me
  • c'est moi qui vous le disbelieve me
Italian dammi retta
  • dammi rettabelieve me
Swedish tro mig
  • tro migbelieve me
Cite this entry
APA

take it from me. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20from%20me

MLA

“take it from me.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20from%20me. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take it from me,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20from%20me.

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