"take on faith" meaning in All languages combined

See take on faith on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-take on faith.ogg Forms: takes on faith [present, singular, third-person], taking on faith [participle, present], took on faith [past], taken on faith [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> on faith}} take on faith (third-person singular simple present takes on faith, present participle taking on faith, simple past took on faith, past participle taken on faith)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: take on trust
    Sense id: en-take_on_faith-en-verb-MLShDpOL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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