in hopes that …

in hopes that …
in the hope of sth | in the hope that… idiom
(NAmE also in hopes that…) because you want sth to happen

I called early in the hope of catching her before she went to work.

He asked her again

in the vain hope

that he could persuade her to come

(= it was impossible)

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Main entry:hopeidiom

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