trust each other

Meaning

This expression means to have mutual confidence in one another's honesty, reliability, and good intentions. It is used to describe a healthy, balanced relationship where both people feel safe and secure. It implies that the faith goes both ways.

Examples

• If we want this partnership to work, we really need to trust each other.

  If we want this partnership to work, we really need to trust each other.

• They have been best friends for years because they trust each other completely.

  They have been best friends for years because they trust each other completely.

• It's hard to build a long-distance relationship if you don't trust each other.

  It's hard to build a long-distance relationship if you don't trust each other.

• After a few honest conversations, they finally began to trust each other again.

  After a few honest conversations, they finally began to trust each other again.

• Healthy couples trust each other and don't feel the need to check each other's phones.

  Healthy couples trust each other and don't feel the need to check each other's phones.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ They trust themselves very much.

  ✓ They trust each other very much.

  'Trust themselves' means they have self-confidence. To show mutual trust between two people, you must use 'each other'.

• ✗ We must trust to each other.

  ✓ We must trust each other.

  The verb 'trust' is transitive here and takes a direct object. Do not use the preposition 'to' before 'each other'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• A marriage cannot survive if the partners do not ___.

  💡 have mutual faith and confidence

  Show answer

  trust each other

• We've been business partners for a decade because we ___.

  💡 rely on one another's honesty

  Show answer

  trust each other