leap of faith

collocation in English

meaningsofleapandfaith

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leap
noun[C]
uk
/liːp/us
/liːp/
a big change, increase, ...
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faith
noun
uk
/feɪθ/us
/feɪθ/
great trust or confidence in something ...
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(Definition ofleapandfaithfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleap of faith

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We must achieve thisleapoffaithfor our own human nature.
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However, engagement by others in this construct is predicated on a secularleapoffaithor two.
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Dealing with this uncertainty will perhaps require instead a large amount of trust in the other parties, and a giantleapoffaith.
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However, it requires a greatleapoffaithto jump from these results to the conclusion that economic growth on its own will foster environmental improvement automatically.
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The others talked about the possibility of doing likewise, although one man used the expression 'leapoffaith' in this context three times during the course of his interview.
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We are not faced with food shortages that require us to take that enormousleapoffaith.
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No one has followed thatleapoffaith.
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Believing that requires a considerableleapoffaith.
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All sides are making a greatleapoffaith.
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Now we are asked for anotherleapoffaith: another act of trust.
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I was also one of those who believed that it would not possible for it to make thatleapoffaith, but it did.
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I hope that over the next few weeks she will be willing to take thatleapoffaith, and trust heads and teachers.
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I feel strongly that if we do not say that we will make thatleapoffaithnow, we may never do it.
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The decision to make a resolution is the "leapoffaith" because the resolution always leads the person forward.
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It took me a number of years to make thatleapoffaith, she states when commenting on becoming a full-time writer.
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Two of his influential ideas are subjectivity, and the notion popularly referred to asleapoffaith.
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I'm willing to take thatleapoffaith.
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It was like this giantleapoffaith.
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Kierkegaard identified thisleapoffaithas the good resolution.
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Noleapoffaithis required.
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Thisleapoffaithcreated a new culture of philanthropy among women in support of programs that promised social change for women and girls in the community.
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Doing so requires leaps of faith we prefer not to take.
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Obviously the jump between behavioral models of intact organism actions and neurobiological data on individual circuits remains a large one, often involving at least tentative leaps of faith.
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History rules out more than it rules in, and in most divided societies it creates deposits of distrust that undergird reluctance to take leaps of faith.
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All leaps of faith involve risks and hazards, but in a truly mature democracy, we should accept those risks freely.
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