pin one's hopes on

Verb

pin one's hopes on (third-person singular simple present pins one's hopes on, present participle pinning one's hopes on, simple past and past participle pinned one's hopes on)

1. To place all one's trust or hope in (someone or something).
   • Wade is pinning Fox's next hopes for talent-show success on Alter Ego, which sees contestants perform as avatars to a panel of judges including Grimes, Alanis Morrisette and TV singing competition stalwart will.i.am.2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC
   • One of life's most useful skills is knowing when to cut your losses. The $11.8bn digital mood-board platform Pinterest, down nearly 80 per cent since its 2021 peak, may be approaching that moment. It should pin its hopes on finding a partner, or even a buyer.2026 March 14, “Pinterest might want to put a potential sale on its mood board”, in FT Weekend (Lex section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20