trust to

phrasal verb

trusted to; trusting to; trusts to

: 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.

: 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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Google and the other major AI labs can probably be trusted to digitally watermark their files as AI-generated, but the last year has shown us that more or less any incredible AI achievement is quickly replicated by dozens of other organizations, some of whom can probably not be trusted. —

New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025 Part of it was that the entire playbook hadn’t been installed yet, but players hadn’t yet earned Shula’s trust to cut them loose, either. —

Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2025 His compete level is very good and he can be trusted to make a lot of stops at higher levels. —

Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025 The firm upgraded the data center real estate investment trust to buy from hold, and raised its price target to $194 per share from $185. —

Brian Evans, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for trust to