get someone's hopes up
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get someone's hopes up — get (someone s) hopes up to make someone think that what they want is going to happen. If we can t afford the trip then we shouldn t get the children s hopes up. Usage notes: usually said when something is not likely to happen … New idioms dictionary
build someone's hopes — get someone’s hopes up/build someone’s hopes (up)/raise someone’s hopes/ phrase to make someone expect something that they want even though you are not certain it will happen I don’t want to raise her hopes about the promotion until I’m sure.… … Useful english dictionary
build someone's hopes up — get someone’s hopes up/build someone’s hopes (up)/raise someone’s hopes/ phrase to make someone expect something that they want even though you are not certain it will happen I don’t want to raise her hopes about the promotion until I’m sure.… … Useful english dictionary
get hopes up — get (someone s) hopes up to make someone think that what they want is going to happen. If we can t afford the trip then we shouldn t get the children s hopes up. Usage notes: usually said when something is not likely to happen … New idioms dictionary
Get a Mac — Mac vs. PC redirects here. For a comparison between operating systems, see comparison of operating systems. John Hodgman as PC and Justin Long as Mac. The Get a Mac campaign is a television advertising campaign created for Apple Inc. by TBWAMedia … Wikipedia
get — [get] verb got PASTTENSE [gɒt ǁ gɑːt] got PASTPART gotten PASTPART [ˈgɒtn ǁ ˈgɑːtn] getting PRESPART 1 … Financial and business terms
get real — phrasal : to stop deceiving oneself or fooling around : face reality often used in the imperative * * * get real (N Am sl; usu in imperative) To wake up to the realities of the situation • • • Main Entry: ↑real * * * get real mainly american… … Useful english dictionary
The Impression That I Get — Infobox Single Name=The Impression That I Get Artist=The Mighty Mighty Bosstones from Album=Let s Face It Released=1997 Format= Recorded= Genre=Ska punk Length=3:14 Label=Mercury Records Writer=Dicky Barrett Joe Gittleman Producer= Chart position … Wikipedia
hope */*/*/ — I UK [həʊp] / US [hoʊp] verb Word forms hope : present tense I/you/we/they hope he/she/it hopes present participle hoping past tense hoped past participle hoped [intransitive/transitive] to want and expect something to happen or be true hope… … English dictionary
hope — hope1 [ houp ] verb *** intransitive or transitive to want and expect something to happen or be true: hope (that): I just hope she s pleasant to him on his birthday. hope for: It wouldn t be sensible to hope for immediate success. The best they… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
