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trust, but verify 

When your spouse/friend/business associate says they did (or didn't) do it. Accept their word with full faith that they are being honest. Then go through their cell messages to confirm they are true angels.

Origin: Russian proverb, "doveryai no proveryai" (trust, but verify)
So he comes home late from work and doesn't feel hungry.
...So what did you say?
What could I do? Said, "Okay Honey" then checked his messages after he went to sleep.

...Do you think?
Naw, I mean, naw. Trust, but verify ensures a happy relationship.
trust, but verify by WtU April 13, 2014
the incorrect way of saying verify.
Ty: so you're telling me, after all these years, vertify isn't how it's pronounce?
vertify by neopreo May 31, 2016

Flush But Verify 

These new water-saving toilets are great, but after taking a massive dump, it's always a good idea to flush but verify.

VerifyMe 

VerifyMe is anoying forum troll commonly found on the World of WarCraft off-topic forum. He delights in correcting other peoples gramatical errors and spelling. He also takes delight in giving people a hard time by trying to get them banned.
VerifyMe is hitler's clone child. He is a gramatical tyrant.
VerifyMe by God_Shadowmoore July 5, 2004

vermifuge 

A medicine that expels intestinal worms. Eww!
Susie's got the roundworms again. Guess we'd better get down to the doctor to get her a vermifuge.
vermifuge by Beelzebunny July 11, 2005
to testify through verse or poetry; to communicate an idea rhythmically, as in poetry
Roger was unskilled in everyday speech, but proficient in rhythm and rhyme. When asked his opinion, instead of responding in a common speech pattern, he would versify.
Versify by Poet Laureate January 10, 2009