leap of faith

1. A belief or trust in something intangible or incapable of being proved. For example, It required a leap of faith to pursue this unusual step of transplanting an animals' heart into a human patient.

Example Sentences

“It was kind of like a leap of faith,” Greene said.

From Los Angeles Times

Segel: That’s my whole leap of faith in my personal approach to acting.

From Los Angeles Times

If it had taken a leap of faith from Ben Stokes to retain his vice-captain at number three for the first Test against India, then Pope picked the perfect time to play the grateful disciple.

From BBC

Class consciousness is evident throughout the movie, both in the goonies’ ability to make the most out of the meager resources at their disposal and in their imaginative leap of faith that One-Eyed Willy’s buried treasure really is out there somewhere.

From Salon

One author named in the report called the commission’s conclusions over-generalized and a “tremendous leap of faith” from his research.

From Salon