trust to

phrasal verb

trusted to; trusting to; trusts to
1
: to rely on (something one has no control over, such as luck or chance) to get what one wants or needs
All we can do at this point is hope for the best and trust to luck.
2
: to give the responsibility of doing (something) to (someone)
They trusted the care of their daughter to her grandparents while they were on vacation.

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The preliminary injunction extends a temporary order the judge issued on June 5 that prevented the administration from enforcing a proclamation Trump signed a day earlier that cited national security concerns to justify why Harvard could no longer be trusted to host international students. Nate Raymond, USA Today, 24 June 2025 Analyst Michael Mueller upgraded the real estate investment trust to overweight from neutral, saying in a note to clients that the company has a better growth profile and cheaper valuation than many of its peers. Brian Evans,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 June 2025 The question is, who will MAGA voters trust to follow Trump? Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025 The Iranian regime’s track record suggests it cannot be trusted to honor a deal, so Trump will have to find the formula that allows the United States to enforce any deal. Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for trust to

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“Trust to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust%20to. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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