put stock in
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
put stock in (third-person singular simple present puts stock in, present participle putting stock in, simple past and past participle put stock in)
- (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To have faith in; to believe; to give credence to.
Further reading[edit]
- “place/put stock in”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “put stock in sth”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.