trust to

phrasal verb

trusted to; trusting to; trusts to

: 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.

: to give the responsibility of doing (something) to (someone)

They trusted the care of their daughter to her grandparents while they were on vacation.

Examples of trust to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Yet according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch has moved to rewrite the trust to give Lachlan control after Rupert’s death. —

Robert Frank, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024 Kamala Harris and Tim Walz cannot be trusted to defend freedom and our constitutional rights. —

Anna Schecter, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024 How long could Judy be trusted to walk unsupervised from the garage to the kitchen? —

Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024 Doing that requires a lot of chemistry and trust to be built in a short amount of time. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for trust to

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