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IDIOMSLANG TRUST pin one's faith on someone or something to put one's hope, trust, or faith in someone or something.I’m pinning my faith on your efforts.Don’t pin your faith on Tom. He's not dependable. take someone into one's confidence to trust someone with confidential information; to tell a secret to someone and trust the person to keep the secret.We are good friends, hut I didn't feel I could take her into my confidence.I know something very important about Jean. Can I take you into my confidence? Trust me! exclam. “Believe me!”; “Honestly!”It's true! Trust me!He actually said it just like Tom told you. Trust me!
trust verb► I wouldn't trust you as far as I can throw youused as an expression of deep mistrust in someone UK, 1961
idiomtrustnot trust sb as far as you could throw him/her(also not trust sb farther than you could throw him/her)spoken used in order to emphasize that you would not trust someone at all:Of course we'll have to check everything they've written - I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them.Prison's changed me - now I don't trust people farther than I can throw them. phrasetrust[trusted, trusted, trusting] trust in 1. trust in sb formal to feel confident that you can trust someone: Hennard was a difficult man, who never seemed to talk to or trust in any of his colleagues. You know you can trust in me.2. trust in sth formal to feel confident that something is good, right etc and will be successful: None of us know what the future will be like, but we have to trust in our own ability to deal with it. trust to trust to sth/sb to depend on something, especially luck or your memory to help you do something: Don't trust to luck - make sure you get proper advice. It is important always to check the information first and not trust to memory.■ SIMILAR TO: rely on trust with trust sb with sth if you trust someone with something valuable or the responsibility for doing something, you depend on them to look after it carefully or deal with it in a sensible way: I could never trust Dan with money - he just went out and spent it all on beer. Can the Socialists be trusted with the job of running the economy?
See:- brain trust
- I wouldn't trust (someone) as far as I could throw (them)
- I wouldn't trust (someone) farther than I could throw (them)
- in (one's) trust
- in somebody's trust
- in the trust of
- in the trust of (someone)
- in trust
- misplace (one's) trust
- misplace trust
- not trust (one) an inch
- not trust (someone) as far as (one) can throw (them)
- not trust (someone) farther than (one) can throw (them)
- not trust somebody an inch
- not trust someone as far as one can throw him/her
- not trust someone as far as you can throw them
- not trust someone as far as you could throw them
- place trust in
- place trust in (someone or something)
- put trust in
- put trust in (someone or something)
- put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
- put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
- restore (one's) trust in (someone or something)
- restore trust in
- take (something) on trust
- take on trust
- take something on trust
- tried and tested/trusted
- trust (one) to (do something)
- trust (someone or something) with (someone or something)
- trust for
- trust in
- trust in (someone or something)
- trust in Allah, but tie up your camel
- trust in God and keep your powder dry
- trust in God, but keep your powder dry
- trust in God, but tie up your camel
- Trust me!
- trust someone as far as one could throw him, not to/I wouldn't
- trust the process
- trust to
- trust to do
- trust with
- trust you, him, her, etc.
- trust, but verify
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