Synonyms

leap of faith

Idioms

A belief or trust in something intangible or incapable of being proved. For example, It required a leap of faith to pursue this unusual step of transplanting an animals' heart into a human patient.

Example Sentences

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Manish Kapoor, a 54-year-old IT worker in Wisconsin, took a similar leap of faith, taking out a quarter-million-dollar home-equity loan and putting it all into shares of Palantir last November.

From MarketWatch

Those moves were more of a leap of faith for both FAU coach Dusty May and the players coming aboard.

From Seattle Times

“It’s basically a song about that leap of faith. And it represents that moment where I just decided to open up, to not judge myself as much and try to trust more in myself — you know, take that leap of faith and trust in everything that scared me at the moment.”

From Washington Post

“He took a big leap of faith on me,” Schlather said of Loebe.

From New York Times

“I’m just thankful I was able to take that leap of faith in high school to make myself uncomfortable. So now I don’t feel as nervous.”

From Washington Post

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