"dash someone's hopes" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dashes someone's hopes [present, singular, third-person], dashing someone's hopes [participle, present], dashed someone's hopes [participle, past], dashed someone's hopes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dash someone's hopes (third-person singular simple present dashes someone's hopes, present participle dashing someone's hopes, simple past and past participle dashed someone's hopes)
  1. (idiomatic) To undercut or undermine someone's dreams or aspirations. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-dash_someone's_hopes-en-verb-UaXRHkK9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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