have faith in

have faith in (someone or something)

To have confidence in someone or something. I know you'll pass this test—I have faith in you. After being a lawyer for so many years, do you still have faith in the legal system?
See also: faith, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have faith in someone

to believe someone; to trust someone to do or be what is claimed. I have faith in you. I know you will try your best. We have faith in you and know you can do the job well.
See also: faith, have
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • have faith in (someone or something)
  • have confidence in
  • have confidence in (someone or something)
  • set great store by
  • set great store by (something or someone)
  • lay store by (something or someone)
  • lay store in (something or someone)
  • one of the faithful
  • not take stock in (something)
  • give up on (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
As we reflect on whether faith has a future, we need to think about whether we have faith in a future.
The future is opened up non-dogmatically, and we can choose, if we will, to have faith in the visions of possibility that it provides.
Does faith have a future?
He taught me to have faith in the integrity of my inner voices, the characters who danced before my eyes, the integration of performance and cognition.
Slightly autobiographical: the 1960s on the Lower East Side