get one's hopes up

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get one's hopes up

verb gets one's hopes up · getting one's hopes up · got one's hopes up · gotten one's hopes up

  1. idiomatic To become enthusiastic about something that is not yet guaranteed to happen. I try to set low expectations and not to get my hopes up.

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verb to become enthusiastic

Españolhacerse esperanzas, esperanzarse, ilusionarse

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@misc{get_one_s_hopes_up_2026,
  title = {get one's hopes up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20one's%20hopes%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}