dash one's hopes
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Roget 732:
fail;
be unsuccessful
etc.
adj.;
not succeed
etc.
731;
make vain efforts
etc.
n.;
do in vain,
labor in vain,
toil in vain;
flunk [U.S.];
lose one's labor,
take nothing by one's motion;
bring to naught,
make nothing of;
wash a blackamoor white
etc.
(impossible)
471;
roll the stones of Sisyphus
etc.
(useless)
645;
do by halves
etc.
(not complete)
730;
lose ground
etc.
(recede)
282;
fall short of
etc.
304.
miss,
miss one's aim,
miss the mark,
miss one's footing,
miss stays;
slip,
trip,
stumble;
make a slip
etc.
n..
blunder
etc.
495,
make a mess of,
make a botch of;
bitch it†,
miscarry,
abort,
go up like a rocket and come down like the stick,
come down in flames,
get shot down,
reckon without one's host;
get the wrong pig by the tail,
get the wrong sow by the ear
etc.
(blunder),
)mismanage)
699.
limp,
halt,
hobble,
titubate†;
fall,
tumble;
lose one's balance;
fall to the ground,
fall between two stools;
flounder,
falter,
stick in the mud,
run aground,
split upon a rock;
beat one's head against a stone wall,
run one's head against a stone wall,
knock one's head against a stone wall,
dash one's head against a stone wall;
break one's back;
break down,
sink,
drown,
founder,
have the ground cut from under one;
get into trouble,
get into a mess,
get into a scrape;
come to grief
etc.
(adversity)
735;
go to the wall,
go to the dogs,
go to pot;
lick the dust,
bite the dust;
be defeated
etc.
731;
have the worst of it,
lose the day,
come off second best,
lose;
fall a prey to;
succumb
etc.
(submit)
725;
not have a leg to stand on.
come to nothing,
end in smoke;
flat out†;
fall to the ground,
fall through,
fall dead,
fall stillborn,
fall flat;
slip through one's fingers;
hang fire,
miss fire;
flash in the pan,
collapse;
topple down
etc.
(descent)
305;
go to wrack and ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
go amiss,
go wrong,
go cross,
go hard with,
go on a wrong tack;
go on ill,
come off ill,
turn out ill,
work ill;
take a wrong term,
take an ugly term;
take an ugly turn,
take a turn for the worse.
be all over with,
be all up with;
explode;
dash one's hopes
etc.
(disappoint)
509;
defeat the purpose;
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind,
jump out of the frying pan into the fire,
go from the frying pan into the fire.
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Roget 837:
be dejected
etc.
adj.;
grieve;
mourn
etc.
(lament)
839;
take on,
give way,
lose heart,
despond,
droop,
sink.
lower,
look downcast,
frown,
pout;
hang down the head;
pull a long face,
make a long face;
laugh on the wrong side of the mouth;
grin a ghastly smile;
look blue,
look like a drowned man;
lay to heart,
take to heart.
mope,
brood over;
fret;
sulk;
pine,
pine away;
yearn;
repine
etc.
(regret)
833;
despair
etc.
859.
refrain from laughter,
keep one's countenance;
be grave,
look grave
etc.
adj.;
repress a smile.
depress;
discourage,
dishearten;
dispirit;
damp,
dull,
deject,
lower,
sink,
dash,
knock down,
unman,
prostrate,
break one's heart;
frown upon;
cast a gloom,
cast a shade on;
sadden;
damp one's hopes,
dash one's hopes,
wither one's hopes;
weigh on the mind,
lie heavy on the mind,
prey on the mind,
weigh on the spirits,
lie heavy on the spirits,
prey on the spirits;
damp the spirits,
depress the spirits.
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Roget 859:
despair;
lose all hope,
give up all hope,
abandon all hope,
relinquish all hope,
lose the hope of,
give up the hope of,
abandon the hope of,
relinquish the hope of;
give up,
give over;
yield to despair;
falter;
despond
etc.
(be dejected)
837;
jeter le manche apres la cognee [Fr.].
inspire despair,
drive to despair
etc.
n.;
disconcert;
dash one's hopes,
crush one's hopes,
destroy one's hopes;
hope against hope.
abandon;
resign,
surrender,
submit
etc.
725.
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dash one's hope
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Roget 509:
be disappointed;
look blank,
look blue;
look aghast,
stand aghast
etc.
(wonder)
870;
find to one's cost;
laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth;
find one a false prophet.
not realize one's hope,
not realize one's expectation.
[cause to be disappointed]
disappoint;
frustrate,
discomfit,
crush,
defeat
(failure)
732;
crush one's hope,
dash one's hope,
balk one's hope,
disappoint one's hope,
blight one's hope,
falsify one's hope,
defeat one's hope,
discourage;
balk,
jilt,
bilk;
play one false,
play a trick;
dash the cup from the lips,
tantalize;
dumfound,
dumbfound,
dumbfounder,
dumfounder
(astonish)
870.
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