HOPING Definition & Meaning

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hoping

[ hoh-ping ]

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noun

the act of one who hopes:
The time for talk and hoping is over; now is the time for action.

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Origin of hoping¹

hop(e) ( def ) + -ing ¹( def )

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Idioms and Phrases

here's hoping, I am, or we are, feeling moderately confident about the desired outcome:
Here’s hoping the rest of the term presents us with some sunshine and warmer weather.

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He said "we are taking this to the next level of pursuing a legal order against the husband's mother, we are hoping this will force her to surrender the child".

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Despite this, Trump said he was still hoping to secure a deal with China.

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What ties all this together is a fear of criticizing Trump directly, and instead hoping that all this gentle hand-holding and blame-shifting will give their leader the space he needs to stop the madness.

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A survivor of child sexual exploitation, Lucia Rea, told GB News government backtracking was a "betrayal" of survivors hoping for justice and undermined the "very little" trust there was in the first place.

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"In the first leg PSG were hoping to draw them out of defence and almost give them false hope by leaving spaces for them to attack into," Warnock told BBC Sport.

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