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high hopes

Idioms  

  1. see in hopes of.

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Dealmakers had high hopes going into 2026 and believe even small deals could bounce back later in the year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The automaker has high hopes for the Cherokee and Pacifica in particular.

From The Wall Street Journal

The program was established during 2022 at the peak of EV fever, and Sony’s then-CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, had expressed high hopes for the venture, expecting the car market to increasingly shift to a service model where customers pay regularly for software downloads and entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal

In early 2025, Treasury Wine Estates, like other Australian exporters, had high hopes for a return of the Chinese market.

From The Wall Street Journal

High hopes were then formed at the prospect of having a record number of English clubs in the quarter-finals - four progressed to the last eight in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2018-19 but no nation has ever had more than that.

From BBC

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