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got one's hopes up

got one's hopes up is the simple past and past participle of get one's hopes up.

Meaning of get one's hopes up

Verb

get one's hopes up (third-person singular simple present gets one's hopes up, present participle getting one's hopes up, simple past got one's hopes up, past participle (UK) got one's hopes up or (US) gotten one's hopes up)

  1. (idiomatic) To become enthusiastic about something that is not yet guaranteed to happen.
    • I try to set low expectations and not to get my hopes up.

Questions about got one's hopes up

What is got one's hopes up the simple past and past participle of?
Got one's hopes up is the simple past and past participle of get one's hopes up.

Words near got one's hopes up in the dictionary

  1. got one's head out one's ass
  2. got one's head straight
  3. got one's head together
  4. got one's hole
  5. got one's hooks into
  6. got one's hopes up
  7. got one's house in order
  8. got one's hump up
  9. got one's jollies
  10. got one's juices flowing
  11. got one's kicks

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