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1 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) dati možnost za dvomEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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2 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) dati možnost za dvomEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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3 benefit
['benəfit] 1. noun(something good to receive, an advantage: the benefit of experience; the benefits of fresh air and exercise.) ugodnost2. verb1) ((usually with from or by) to gain advantage: He benefited from the advice.) izkoristiti2) (to do good to: The long rest benefited her.) koristiti•- give someone the benefit of the doubt- give the benefit of the doubt* * *I [bénifit]noundobro, korist, ugodnost, prednost; podpora; nadarba; beneficijtheatre benefit night — benefična predstavato give the benefit of the doubt — zaradi pomanjkljivostih dokazov razložiti zadevo komu v prid; pomilostiti, odpustitito the benefit of — v korist koga, česaAmerican to take the benefit — objaviti bankrotII [bénifit]1.transitive verbkoristiti; pomagati; prijati, pomagati;2.intransitive verbokoristiti se -
4 doubt
1. verb1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) dvomiti2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) dvomiti (o čem)2. noun(a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) dvom- doubtful- doubtfully
- doubtfulness
- doubtless
- beyond doubt
- in doubt
- no doubt* * *I [daut]intransitive verb & transitive verbdvomiti; ne zaupati, sumničiti; obotavljati se, kolebati, omahovati; archaic bati seII [daut]noundvom, negotovost, pomislek, sumno doubt, beyond doubt, out of doubt, without doubt — brez dvoma, gotovoto give s.o. the benefit of the doubt — imeti o kom najboljše mnenje, dokler se ne prepričamo o nasprotnem; oprostiti zaradi pomanjkljivih dokazovto make no doubt — ne dvomiti, biti prepričanto be in doubt — dvomiti; sumiti
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give someone the benefit of the doubt — give (someone/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 … New idioms dictionary
give something the benefit of the doubt — give (someone/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 … New idioms dictionary
give someone the benefit of the doubt — give (someone) 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 … New idioms dictionary
give somebody the benefit of the doubt — give sb the ˌbenefit of the ˈdoubt idiom to accept that sb has told the truth or has not done sth wrong because you cannot prove that they have not • She may have been lying, but I felt I had to give her the benefit of the doubt. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
give someone the benefit of the doubt — phrase to treat someone as if their behaviour is honest or correct, even though you are not certain that it is Thesaurus: to depend on or trust someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: benefit … Useful english dictionary
give smb the benefit of the doubt — believe someone is innocent rather than guilty when you are not sure I gave him the benefit of the doubt but I still think that he is a liar … Idioms and examples
give the benefit of the doubt — give (someone/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 … New idioms dictionary
give the benefit of the doubt — give (someone) 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 … New idioms dictionary
the benefit of the doubt — a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct or justified, if the contrary has not been proven I ll give you the benefit of the doubt as to whether it was deliberate or not * * * the benefit of the doubt ◇ When people give you… … Useful english dictionary
give\ the\ benefit\ of\ the\ doubt — v. phr. To believe (a person) is innocent rather than guilty when you are not sure. The money was stolen and John was the only boy who had known where it was, but the teacher gave him the benefit of the doubt. George s grade was higher than usual … Словарь американских идиом
benefit of the doubt — If you give someone the benefit of the doubt, you choose to believe that the person is innocent, honest or telling the truth, because there is no evidence to the contrary. Although he found it hard to believe Tom s explanation, the teacher … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions