Credit and Take

Credit

Credit verb - To regard as right or true.

Usage example: I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves

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Take and credit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead the word "Credit" as a verb or a noun.

Take verb - To regard as right or true.

Usage example: I think we can take his word for it

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Credit and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credit" instead the word "Take" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

good	good credit	good take
complete	complete credit	complete take
original	original credit	original take
top	top credit	top take
Other adjectives: single, popular, actual, real, massive, little, bad, major, final, unusual, last, different.

power	credit power	take power
hit	credit hit	take hit

To its credit, though, it did take a more subversive take on the worn formula it operated on.

Source: Cliché Storm
Also, when everyone is being interviewed after the villains are captured, while Red and Granny try to put credit for saving the day on each other, Grizzly tries to take all the credit.

Source: Western Animation / Hoodwinked
Some banks require you to have a credit score in order to take out a loan or get a credit card.

Source: Catch-22 Dilemma

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