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here's hoping

here's hoping phrase: an expression of desire that an event or outcome identified in the context will actually occur.

Phrase

here's hoping

  1. An expression of desire that an event or outcome identified in the context will actually occur.
    • In every instance the veteran landlord was requested to imitate the custom of the cupbearers to kings, and taste the liquor he presented, by the invitation of "After you is manners," with which request he ordinarily complied by wetting his lips, first expressing the wish of "Here's hoping," leaving...1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 13, in The Pioneers
    • "Good!" cried Mr. Damon, […] "Ho! for the cavern and the lost city of Kurzon."
      "And the idol of gold," said Tom Swift to himself. "I hope we can get it ahead of Beecher. Perhaps if I can help in that—Oh, well, here's hoping, that's all!" and a little smile curved his lips.1917, Victor Appleton, chapter 21, in Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Examples of here's hoping in a sentence

  • The good news is, it still ain't over for France, and despite the loss of Henry and Petit for two (here's hoping) and one game respectively, les Bleus are looking a bit better.2002 June 24, “World Cup: Brazil Carves Up Turkey”, in Time, retrieved 19 Nov 2019:
  • The new MoMA is also more physically welcoming, and in many ways more workable. […] It remains to be seen if this expansion will suffer the overcrowding that plagued the last, but here's hoping.2019 October 17, Roberta Smith, “MoMA’s Art Treasure, No Longer Buried”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Nov 2019:

Questions about here's hoping

What does here's hoping mean?
Here's hoping means an expression of desire that an event or outcome identified in the context will actually occur.
How do you use here's hoping in a sentence?
The good news is, it still ain't over for France, and despite the loss of Henry and Petit for two (here's hoping) and one game respectively, les Bleus are looking a bit better.
What part of speech is here's hoping?
Here's hoping is a phrase.

Words near here's hoping in the dictionary

  1. here'll
  2. here're
  3. here's
  4. here's a quarter, call somebody who cares
  5. here's a quarter, call someone who cares
  6. here's hoping
  7. here's looking at you
  8. here's luck
  9. here's mud in your eye
  10. here's one I made earlier
  11. here's the deal

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