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dashed someone's hopes

dashed someone's hopes is the simple past and past participle of dash someone's hopes.

Meaning of dash someone's hopes

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.

Questions about dashed someone's hopes

What is dashed someone's hopes the simple past and past participle of?
Dashed someone's hopes is the simple past and past participle of dash someone's hopes.

Words near dashed someone's hopes in the dictionary

  1. Dashe's nectar bats
  2. dashed
  3. dashed down
  4. dashed off
  5. dashed on
  6. dashed someone's hopes
  7. dashedly
  8. dasheen
  9. dasheens
  10. dasheki
  11. dashekis

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