high hopes

noun

: a strong feeling that something good will happen or be true

We had high hopes of winning the game.

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The Temptations were brimming with high hopes on Dec. 21, 1964, a Christmas-week optimism that turned out to be well justified. —

Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024 Both teams came into the season with high hopes that were quickly shot down with injuries playing a part. —

Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024 Boeing officials had high hopes that a successful mission would be the demonstration needed to win approval from NASA for Starliner to join SpaceX in making routine trips to orbit on behalf of the U.S. space agency. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024 Review: Justin Timberlake delivers flashy, boring show Pop culture reporter Holly V. Hays brought high hopes to the Forget Tomorrow World Tour. —

Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high hopes