have faith in

have faith in (someone or something)

To have confidence in someone or something. I know you'll pass this test—I have faith in you. After being a lawyer for so many years, do you still have faith in the legal system?
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have faith in someone

to believe someone; to trust someone to do or be what is claimed. I have faith in you. I know you will try your best. We have faith in you and know you can do the job well.
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As we reflect on whether faith has a future, we need to think about whether we have faith in a future.
The future is opened up non-dogmatically, and we can choose, if we will, to have faith in the visions of possibility that it provides.
Does faith have a future?
He taught me to have faith in the integrity of my inner voices, the characters who danced before my eyes, the integration of performance and cognition.
Slightly autobiographical: the 1960s on the Lower East Side
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