believe in sb
— phrasal verb with believe uk/bɪˈliːv/us/bɪˈliːv/verb [ T ]
to trust someone because you think that they can do something well or that they are a good person:
Gradually, since her divorce, she's beginning to believe in herself again.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon it idiom
- accept/take sth on faith idiom
- bank
- bank on sb/sth
- believe
- count
- count on sb
- faith
- have faith! idiom
- I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them idiom
- keep faith with sth/sb idiom
- lean
- lean on sb/sth
- reliance
- rely on/upon sb/sth
- repose
- repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth idiom
- trust
- trustable
- turn
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