pin (your) hopes on someone

pin (your) hopes on someone
pin (your) hopes on (something/someone) to hope that something or someone will help you achieve what you want.

The party is pinning its hopes on its new leader who is young, good-looking, and very popular with ordinary people.


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  • pin (your) hopes on someone — pin (your) hopes on (someone/something) to depend on someone or something for a successful result. The party is pinning its hopes on its new leader, who is young, good looking, and very popular. Scientists are pinning their hopes on the high tech …   New idioms dictionary

  • pin (your) hopes on something — pin (your) hopes on (someone/something) to depend on someone or something for a successful result. The party is pinning its hopes on its new leader, who is young, good looking, and very popular. Scientists are pinning their hopes on the high tech …   New idioms dictionary

  • pin (your) hopes on — (someone/something) to depend on someone or something for a successful result. The party is pinning its hopes on its new leader, who is young, good looking, and very popular. Scientists are pinning their hopes on the high tech laboratory. Usage… …   New idioms dictionary

  • pin (your) hopes on something — pin (your) hopes on (something/someone) to hope that something or someone will help you achieve what you want. The party is pinning its hopes on its new leader who is young, good looking, and very popular with ordinary people …   New idioms dictionary

  • pin (your) hopes on — (something/someone) to hope that something or someone will help you achieve what you want. The party is pinning its hopes on its new leader who is young, good looking, and very popular with ordinary people …   New idioms dictionary

  • pin — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR CLOTH a short thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth while making clothes 2 JEWELLERY a) AmE an attractively shaped piece of metal, sometimes containing jewels,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pin — [[t]pɪ̱n[/t]] ♦♦♦ pins, pinning, pinned 1) N COUNT Pins are very small thin pointed pieces of metal. They are used in sewing to fasten pieces of material together until they have been sewn. ...needles and pins... Use pins to keep the braid in… …   English dictionary

  • pin — pin1 S3 [pın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for joining/fastening)¦ 2¦(jewellery)¦ 3¦(electrical)¦ 4¦(bowling)¦ 5 you could hear a pin drop 6¦(part of bomb)¦ 7¦(golf)¦ 8 for two pins I d ... 9 pins ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pin — pin1 [ pın ] noun count ** 1. ) a small thin piece of metal with a sharp point, used for holding cloth in place while you are sewing 2. ) a piece of jewelry that you wear on your clothes. British brooch a ) a thin pointed piece of metal worn on… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pin on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pin on : present tense I/you/we/they pin on he/she/it pins on present participle pinning on past tense pinned on past participle pinned on 1) pin something on someone to blame someone for something, often when …   English dictionary

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