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took on faith

took on faith is the simple past of take on faith.

Meaning of take on faith

Verb

take on faith (third-person singular simple present takes on faith, present participle taking on faith, simple past took on faith, past participle taken on faith)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.
    • Their own parents, for example, will be able to regale them with tales about how they simply took it on faith that democracy was the best possible form of government, and this blinded them from even considering the possibility that Washington was full of idiots and crooks.2010, Mark R. Crovelli, Gathering Data while Washington Burns
    Synonyms:
    take on trust

Questions about took on faith

What is took on faith the simple past of?
Took on faith is the simple past of take on faith.

Words near took on faith in the dictionary

  1. took off one's chest
  2. took off one's gloves
  3. took offense
  4. took office
  5. took on
  6. took on faith
  7. took on strength
  8. took on the chin
  9. took on trust
  10. took on water
  11. took one day at a time

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