put stock in

English

Verb

put stock in (third-person singular simple present puts stock in, present participle putting stock in, simple past and past participle put stock in)

1. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To have faith in; to believe; to give credence to.

Further reading

• “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.

Anagrams

• tuckpoints