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hopes against hope

hopes against hope is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hope against hope.

Meaning of hope against hope

Verb

hope against hope (third-person singular simple present hopes against hope, present participle hoping against hope, simple past and past participle hoped against hope)

  1. (idiomatic) To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.
    • Would he be in time to rescue? He hoped against hope. At least he could be revenged, and in his wrath it seemed to him that he was equal to the task of wiping out the entire population of that terrible city.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 206

Questions about hopes against hope

What is hopes against hope the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hopes against hope is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hope against hope.

Words near hopes against hope in the dictionary

  1. hopenosis
  2. hopepunk
  3. hoper
  4. hopers
  5. hopes
  6. hopes against hope
  7. Hopesay
  8. hopest
  9. hopeth
  10. Hopetoun
  11. Hopetoun Park

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