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"To have high hopes; to be ambitious."
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"(idiomatic, informal) To have high hopes; to be ambitious."
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{
"word": "reach for the sky"
},
{
"word": "build castles in the air"
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"word": "reach for the sky"
},
{
"word": "reach for the moon"
},
{
"word": "shoot for the moon"
},
{
"word": "aim for the sky"
},
{
"word": "aim for the stars"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "tenir grans ambicions"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "kurkottaa kuuhun"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "tirer des plans sur la comète"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "vouloir décrocher la lune"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "avoir de hautes ambitions"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "nach den Sternen greifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "nach den Sternen langen"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "sǫʼ bíká dichííd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "sięgać gwiazd"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to have high hopes",
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"word": "sięgnąć gwiazd"
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"To have high hopes; to be ambitious."
],
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[
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "reach for the sky"
},
{
"word": "reach for the moon"
},
{
"word": "shoot for the moon"
},
{
"word": "aim for the sky"
},
{
"word": "aim for the stars"
}
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "tenir grans ambicions"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "kurkottaa kuuhun"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "tirer des plans sur la comète"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "vouloir décrocher la lune"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "avoir de hautes ambitions"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "nach den Sternen greifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "nach den Sternen langen"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"word": "sǫʼ bíká dichííd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "sięgać gwiazd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have high hopes",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sięgnąć gwiazd"
}
],
"word": "reach for the stars"
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