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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.) vapauttaa mieluummin kuin tuomitaEnglish-Finnish 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.) vapauttaa mieluummin kuin tuomitaEnglish-Finnish dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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3 benefit
• palkkio• tulo• hyödyttää• hyötyä jstkn• hyöty• hyödyllinen• hyötyä• hyödyllisyys• helpotus• avustus• etuisuus• etu• etuus• apufinance, business, economy• voitto* * *'benəfit 1. noun(something good to receive, an advantage: the benefit of experience; the benefits of fresh air and exercise.) hyöty, etu2. verb1) ((usually with from or by) to gain advantage: He benefited from the advice.) hyötyä2) (to do good to: The long rest benefited her.) tehdä hyvää•- give someone the benefit of the doubt- give the benefit of the doubt -
4 sacrifice
• omistaa• tunnustaa• alttiiksiantavaisuus• uhraus• uhrata• uhri• teurasuhri• kieltäymys• luopua* * *1. noun1) (the act of offering something (eg an animal that is specially killed) to a god: A lamb was offered in sacrifice.) uhraus2) (the thing that is offered in this way.) uhri3) (something of value given away or up in order to gain something more important or to benefit another person: His parents made sacrifices to pay for his education.) uhraus2. verb1) (to offer as a sacrifice: He sacrificed a sheep in the temple.) uhrata2) (to give away etc for the sake of something or someone else: He sacrificed his life trying to save the children from the burning house.) uhrata•- sacrificially
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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 you the benefit... — See the benefit of the doubt … English idioms
give someone the benefit of — often ironic explain or recount to someone at length the whole assembly was given the benefit of his opinions … Useful english dictionary
to give someone the benefit of the doubt — give someone the chance to prove himself, not automatically disbelieve someone … English contemporary dictionary
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
