Meaning
Trust what someone says
Examples
I didn’t know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘Give someone the benefit of the doubt’ mean?
The idiom ‘Give someone the benefit of the doubt’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘Give someone the benefit of the doubt’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘Give someone the benefit of the doubt’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.