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to trust the process

to trust the process

2 6.5
Believe in planned steps even when results are not clear
  • idiom
translation icon : confía en el proceso
  • I should have trusted the process from the beginning.
  • just trust the process

I would tell them to just trust the process and take action.

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Examples

  • So be patient, trust the process, and understand that great things will come as long as you keep putting in the correct work.

  • So just trust the process, keep going, and your body will change.

  • I would tell them to just trust the process and take action.

    Dr. Josh Axe

  • And yes, trust the process and be patient.

  • I encourage you to trust the process and to show up for the love because it does not give up on you.

  • Slow down and trust the process.

    Academic text (1992)

  • And I just need to trust the process and appreciate all the little wins.

    Jay Shetty Podcast

  • "We have to trust the process and institutions of science to support scientific progress.

    Blog text (23)

  • But you need to trust the process and celebrate the small wins.

    Dr Sheen Gurrib

  • You must trust the process and have faith that your hard work will pay off.

Synonyms

to rest assured
vsto trust the process
  • Formal
35 3.7

Be sure that something will happen, so do not worry

expresses confidence in ongoing actions despite uncertainty about the result

How Confident

certainty
  • Literature
202 3.4
to trust the process
2 6.5
to beware
136 4.1

Surface Forms

trust the process infinitive
trusted the process past
trusted the process past participle
trusting the process present participle
trusts the process third person singular

Morphology

trust + the + process

The meaning 'to have confidence in the course of actions' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'trust' (to have confidence) with 'the process' (a sequence of steps). This compositional pattern is straightforward and common across languages and contexts, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Trust the process comes from sports and work: imagine a coach asking a team to follow a long plan of practice even when they keep losing, because each small step builds toward a later win. So it means to 'have confidence in the steps being taken' even when you cannot yet see the result.