Hoffnungen machen

German

Verb

Hoffnungen machen (weak, third-person singular present macht Hoffnungen, past tense machte Hoffnungen, past participle Hoffnungen gemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal, chiefly in the negative, reflexive) to get one's hopes up, to hold one's breath
    Mach dir keine Hoffnungen. Der Plan wird eh nichts.
    Don't get your hopes up. That plan isn't gonna work anyway.
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