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pins one's hopes on

pins one's hopes on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pins one's hopes on

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Pins one's hopes on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pin one's hopes on.

Words near pins one's hopes on in the dictionary

  1. pins back
  2. pins back one's ears
  3. pins down
  4. pins on
  5. pins one's ears back
  6. pins one's hopes on
  7. pins the meter
  8. pins up
  9. Pinsao
  10. Pinsao Pilot Project
  11. Pinsao Proper

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