Take (something) as gospel verb phrase
If you take something as gospel, you definitely believe it without without any hesitation.
Those stories posted on Facebook are taken as gospel by many netizens.
I used to take what he told me as gospel.
The majority of students in our university take this professor's advice as gospel.
To decide to believe someone‘s saying although they may not tell the truth
1. If you hang your hat on something, you depend or reply on it.
2. If you hang your hat on something, you believe or trust it.
To have a strong belief that something is good, right or important
If you take someone’s word, that means you trust what they are saying.
The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.