trust fall
Americannoun
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an exercise where a person falls and relies on another person to catch them, used to demonstrate trust.
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an act of faith.
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With that, the holy men take a collective trust fall so the healing can begin.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
In 2015, mountain guide Zuko Carrasco’s world collapsed in a trust fall gone awry.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024
On my first element, I took a trust fall to get my brain over the fear hump, so I was more willing to take risks on the course.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023
John Early, who has since starred in “Search Party” and has a small part in Berlant’s episode, plays a hack Southern comic and the kind of clueless millennial who gets bruised in a trust fall.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2020
I continued to feel as if we were falling backward, our whole family in a giant trust fall.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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