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dash someone's hopes

dash someone's hopes verb: to undercut or undermine someone's dreams or aspirations.

Verb

dash someone's hopes (third-person singular simple present dashes someone's hopes, present participle dashing someone's hopes, simple past and past participle dashed someone's hopes)

  1. (idiomatic) To undercut or undermine someone's dreams or aspirations.

Forms of dash someone's hopes

third-person singular presentdashes someone's hopes
present participledashing someone's hopes
past participledashed someone's hopes
pastdashed someone's hopes

Questions about dash someone's hopes

What does dash someone's hopes mean?
Dash someone's hopes means to undercut or undermine someone's dreams or aspirations.
What part of speech is dash someone's hopes?
Dash someone's hopes is a verb.
What is the past tense of dash someone's hopes?
The past tense of dash someone's hopes is dashed someone's hopes.

Words near dash someone's hopes in the dictionary

  1. dash down
  2. dash it
  3. dash it all
  4. dash off
  5. dash on
  6. dash someone's hopes
  7. dash'd
  8. dash-cam
  9. dash-cams
  10. dash-dotted
  11. dash-wheel

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