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trust someone as far as one could throw them

trust someone as far as one could throw them verb: to trust somebody at all; to have any trust in a person whatsoever.

Verb

trust someone as far as one could throw them (third-person singular simple present trusts someone as far as one could throw them, present participle trusting someone as far as one could throw them, simple past and past participle trusted someone as far as one could throw them)

  1. To trust somebody at all; to have any trust in a person whatsoever.
    • My entire body tensed as Agent Phillips approached her. I didn't trust the bastard as far as I could throw him.2015, Rochelle Paige, Identity Crisis

Synonyms of trust someone as far as one could throw them

Forms of trust someone as far as one could throw them

third-person singular presenttrusts someone as far as one could throw them
present participletrusting someone as far as one could throw them
past participletrusted someone as far as one could throw them
pasttrusted someone as far as one could throw them

Questions about trust someone as far as one could throw them

What does trust someone as far as one could throw them mean?
Trust someone as far as one could throw them means to trust somebody at all; to have any trust in a person whatsoever.
What part of speech is trust someone as far as one could throw them?
Trust someone as far as one could throw them is a verb.
What is the past tense of trust someone as far as one could throw them?
The past tense of trust someone as far as one could throw them is trusted someone as far as one could throw them.

Words near trust someone as far as one could throw them in the dictionary

  1. trust me bro
  2. trust someone across the street
  3. trust someone as far as one can spit
  4. trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
  5. trust someone as far as one could spit
  6. trust someone as far as one could throw them
  7. trust someone to
  8. trust territories
  9. trust territory
  10. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
  11. trust the process

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