Meanings
present singular third person pins one's hopes on · participle present pinning one's hopes on · participle past pinned one's hopes on · past pinned one's hopes on · alternative pin one's faith on
- To place all one's trust or hope in (someone or something).
Wade is pinning Fox's next hopes for talent-show success on Alter Ego, which sees contestants perform as avatars to a panel of judges including Grimes, Alanis Morrisette and TV singing competition stalwart will.i.am.
2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC1 more example
One of life's most useful skills is knowing when to cut your losses. The $11.8bn digital mood-board platform Pinterest, down nearly 80 per cent since its 2021 peak, may be approaching that moment. It should pin its hopes on finding a partner, or even a buyer.
2026 March 14, “Pinterest might want to put a potential sale on its mood board”, in FT Weekend (Lex section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20
Translations
German seine Hoffnungen setzen auf
- seine Hoffnungen setzen aufto place all one's trust in
Italian appuntare le proprie speranze su
- appuntare le proprie speranze suto place all one's trust in
Polish pokładać nadzieję w
- pokładać nadzieję wto place all one's trust in
Russian полагаться, положи́ться
- полагаться (polagatʹsja)to place all one's trust in
- положи́ться (položítʹsja)to place all one's trust in
Spanish poner su ilusión en
- poner su ilusión ento place all one's trust in
Cite this entry
pin one's hopes on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20one's%20hopes%20on
“pin one's hopes on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20one's%20hopes%20on. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pin one's hopes on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20one's%20hopes%20on.
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