Meanings
verbget one's hopes up (third-person singular simple present gets one's hopes up, present participle getting one's hopes up, simple past got one's hopes up, past participle (UK) got one's hopes up or (US) gotten one's hopes up)
present singular third person gets one's hopes up · participle present getting one's hopes up · past got one's hopes up · UK participle past got one's hopes up · US participle past gotten one's hopes up
- idiomaticTo become enthusiastic about something that is not yet guaranteed to happen.
I try to set low expectations and not to get my hopes up.
Translations
Finnish odottaa kuuta taivaalta
- odottaa kuuta taivaaltato become enthusiastic
Spanish hacerse esperanzas, esperanzarse
- hacerse esperanzasto become enthusiastic
- esperanzarseto become enthusiastic
- ilusionarseto become enthusiastic
Turkish ümitlenmek, umutlanmak
- ümitlenmekto become enthusiastic
- umutlanmakto become enthusiastic
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APA
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MLA
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Chicago
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