keep faith

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keep faith

verb keeps faith · keeping faith · kept faith · keep the faith

  1. intransitive To retain one's faith.

    Similar: abide by, hold on, keep faith, go to the wall for someone, stand by, stick by, stick with

  2. transitive To continue to have confidence in someone or something, and to support them or it. It capped the perfect night for manager Southgate, who opted to restore Saka and keep faith with Foden, leaving out Marcus Rashford despite his two goals in the win over Wales.

    Similar: stand by, stick by

Opposite: betray

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@misc{keep_faith_2026,
  title = {keep faith},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/keep%20faith},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}