high hopes
noun
: a strong feeling that something good will happen or be true
We had high hopes of winning the game.
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Holt McCallany has high hopes for Tom Cruise's final Mission: Impossible film.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Wall Street had high hopes coming into 2025 that the new administration would create a friendlier environment for mergers and acquisitions (M & A) and initial public offerings (IPOs) due to Trump’s lighter stance on regulation and antitrust matters.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
But Sonia Citron’s goal is to provide a steady heartbeat for a Notre Dame team with high hopes of hoisting an NCAA Tournament trophy.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
But an hour later, and three miles farther up the mountainside, our high hopes were doing a nose dive.
—Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Wall Street had high hopes coming into 2025 that the new administration would create a friendlier environment for mergers and acquisitions (M & A) and initial public offerings (IPOs) due to Trump’s lighter stance on regulation and antitrust matters.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
But Sonia Citron’s goal is to provide a steady heartbeat for a Notre Dame team with high hopes of hoisting an NCAA Tournament trophy.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
But an hour later, and three miles farther up the mountainside, our high hopes were doing a nose dive.
—Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
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“High hopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20hopes. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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