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give the benefit of the doubt |
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give somebody the benefit of the doubt to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either After hearing his explanation, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. give somebody/something the benefit of the doubt to decide you will believe someone or something People tell me I shouldn't trust him, but I'm willing to give Simon the benefit of the doubt and wait and see what he actually offers. The American people are usually willing to give the government the benefit of the doubt. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While they are not complete zombies in terms of acceptance of what's being offered, they are more willing to give the benefit of the doubt until next time. If I were there, I would give the benefit of the doubt to ballots coming in from military personnel generally. Despite the fact that this boiled down to a he said-she said case, most of the jury was willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the cop. |
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