take on trust

Meaning

1. take sth on trust

   to believe what sb says even though you do not have any proof or evidence to show that it is true

In the movies · 4

• I don't take anything on trust.Oppenheimer2023
• But it's hard to take things on trust from people speaking half-truths.Tenet2020
• Somebody gives you a package to take back, and you trust them.The Spanish Prisoner1997
• - Mr. Bast, won't you take offyour coat? - And trust us with your umbrella?Howards End1992

Learn it in full scenes

• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

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• trust in
• trust to
• trust with