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pinned one's hopes on

pinned one's hopes on is the simple past and past participle of pin one's hopes on.

Meaning of 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

Questions about pinned one's hopes on

What is pinned one's hopes on the simple past and past participle of?
Pinned one's hopes on is the simple past and past participle of pin one's hopes on.

Words near pinned one's hopes on in the dictionary

  1. pinned back
  2. pinned back one's ears
  3. pinned down
  4. pinned on
  5. pinned one's ears back
  6. pinned one's hopes on
  7. pinned post
  8. pinned posts
  9. pinned the meter
  10. pinned up
  11. pinnee

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