pray to (someone or something)
pray to (someone or something)
To utter prayers to some deity, spiritual being, or object of worship. The tribe were all too busy praying to the statue in the middle of the village to notice us. The only thing to do at a time like this is pray to God or whomever, or whatever, you believe in.
See also: pray
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
pray to someone or something
to utter prayers of praise or supplication to some divine or supernatural being or something. I pray to God that all this works out. The high priest prayed to the spirits of his ancestors that the rains would come.
See also: pray
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- pray to
- pray over
- pray over (something)
- pray for
- sacrifice (someone or something) to (someone or something else)
- sacrifice to
- squeak out
- give out with (something)
- give out with something
- Are you religious?