trust to
phrasal verb
trusted to; trusting to; trusts to
1
: to rely on (something one has no control over, such as luck or chance) to get what one wants or needs
All we can do at this point is hope for the best and trust to luck.
2
: to give the responsibility of doing (something) to (someone)
They trusted the care of their daughter to her grandparents while they were on vacation.
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Despite that, a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released this month found that Trump has an advantage over Harris on whom voters trust to better handle immigration.
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Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
In March, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, sent Blinken a cable arguing that Israel’s war cabinet, which includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, should be trusted to facilitate aid shipments to the Palestinians.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2024
The economy and inflation continue to dominate as the top issues in the election, and Trump leads by 7 points in trust to handle each of them.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2024
These Regulations address various retirement plan rules, including using trusts to hold retirement plan benefits for minors, the separate accounts rule, and more.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
In March, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, sent Blinken a cable arguing that Israel’s war cabinet, which includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, should be trusted to facilitate aid shipments to the Palestinians.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2024
The economy and inflation continue to dominate as the top issues in the election, and Trump leads by 7 points in trust to handle each of them.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2024
These Regulations address various retirement plan rules, including using trusts to hold retirement plan benefits for minors, the separate accounts rule, and more.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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