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.

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leap of faith

“You just have to make that leap of faith to feel you can cover the worst-case scenarios and still be able to share what you have now.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

That feels like a much bigger leap of faith, privacy-wise, than allowing Google to use data it already has in a new way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

And so I took a leap of faith.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Many Americans cannot afford to take that leap of faith.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

To believe that the eye had evolved from tiny changes over many years was, to Emma, to make a leap of faith.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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