on faith
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5.1
- idiom
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sin pruebas
- "Well, some things you have to take on faith," I said, helping myself to the feast before me.
- accept on faith
- take on faith
- reliance on faith
Dogma means you take it on faith, OK?
- Dogma means you take it on faith, OK?
- It's no longer based on faith, it's based on fact, right?
- And we had to take it on faith that all this was going to grow.
- Instead of this crazy stuff, we should rely on faith.
- And so we should never take anything on faith.
- So for me, I have a, a, a belief based on faith in the New Testament.
- And because of that, I have a view of life and death that is not based on faith, OK?
- Whereas God's system is based on faith in this incredible body that was created to heal.
- He says our holy religion, meaning Christianity, meaning Protestant Christianity, is founded on faith, not reason.
- You know, you have to take it on faith or either the devil or some, some version of that.
- And I think for the next few thousand years, we're going to have to believe in answers purely on faith.
- We had no credit, you know, and so the first step is to your point on faith is we knew what we wanted to do and where we wanted to go.
Examples
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We must still take a good deal of this on faith.
Fiction book (2000) -
Hardy really had no choice but to believe her, to take it on faith.
Fiction book (1999) -
And we had to take it on faith that all this was going to grow.
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And, and I guess the problem is you just have to take that on faith right now.
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Some things you gotta take on faith.
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You just got to accept on faith.
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The whole thing's built on faith.
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Some people step out on faith and move, and find themselves way better off.
Blog text (9) -
All I'm going to do is to ask you to accept, on faith, a few things I'm about to say.
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In times of uncertainty, we often have to proceed on faith, trusting that our choices will lead us in the right direction.
Synonyms
5
6.8
An action or decision you make because you trust something without proof
Antonyms
How Much Evidence
Surface Forms
Morphology
on + faith
The phrase combines the preposition 'on' (meaning 'based on' or 'relying upon') with 'faith' (trust or confidence), so the meaning 'with trust, without requiring proof' is directly derivable from the constituents. The on + noun pattern expressing basis/reliance is common in English (and parallels exist in many languages), making this readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
On faith may come from religion, where people accepted a teaching because of their strong faith in God or a leader rather than seeing proof. So, to do something on faith today means to act with 'trust' or 'without proof'.