(give) witness to
idiom
: to declare belief in (a god or religion)
They gave witness to their faith.
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Academy Award winner and Pachinko star Yuh-Jung Youn will lay witness to Netflix‘s latest BEEF.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
His photographs bore witness to the ways that Sarajevans suffered, with few resources at hand to defend themselves and keep themselves alive.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
In the same conversation at the debate on Tuesday night, Walz mentioned that his teenage son, Gus, was a witness to a shooting.
—Shawna Mizelle, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
But that didn’t stop more than 100,000 New Yorkers, who lined up to see the Nova Exhibition, honor the dead and bear witness to the largest terror attack ever perpetrated at a live music celebration.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
His photographs bore witness to the ways that Sarajevans suffered, with few resources at hand to defend themselves and keep themselves alive.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
In the same conversation at the debate on Tuesday night, Walz mentioned that his teenage son, Gus, was a witness to a shooting.
—Shawna Mizelle, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
But that didn’t stop more than 100,000 New Yorkers, who lined up to see the Nova Exhibition, honor the dead and bear witness to the largest terror attack ever perpetrated at a live music celebration.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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“(give) witness to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28give%29%20witness%20to. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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