pin one's hopes on en · VERB
Meanings
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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 BBC: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pinning one's hopes on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pins one's hopes on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pinned one's hopes on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pinned one's hopes on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pin one's faith on | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
it appuntare le proprie speranze su (to place all one's trust in) · de seine Hoffnungen setzen auf (to place all one's trust in) · ru положи́ться (to place all one's trust in) · es poner su ilusión en (to place all one's trust in) · pl pokładać nadzieję w (to place all one's trust in) · ru полагаться (to place all one's trust in)