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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Everyone is trusted to play their part and able to do so without fear of colleagues taking undue credit.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
If Slot isn’t going to turn to him or Endo more often, Liverpool need another option who is trusted to step up more regularly.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
Terminating grants that seek to study vaccine hesitancy itself creates a perfect storm for vaccine hesitancy to rise, public trust to erode and misinformation to go unchecked.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
My father countered that tech companies couldn’t be trusted to keep music available, and that in the twenty-first century those who didn’t own their media stood to lose it—a view vindicated by the data disasters of the past decade.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
If Slot isn’t going to turn to him or Endo more often, Liverpool need another option who is trusted to step up more regularly.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
Terminating grants that seek to study vaccine hesitancy itself creates a perfect storm for vaccine hesitancy to rise, public trust to erode and misinformation to go unchecked.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
My father countered that tech companies couldn’t be trusted to keep music available, and that in the twenty-first century those who didn’t own their media stood to lose it—a view vindicated by the data disasters of the past decade.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Trust to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust%20to. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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