dash someone's hopes
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dash someone's hopes — idiom
1. to destroy someone's expectation that something good will happen, making them fe
1.idiom
Definition
to destroy someone's expectation that something good will happen, making them feel deeply disappointed.
Example
The cancelled trip dashed the children's hopes of visiting the beach for the first time.
Losing her scholarship dashed Mira's hopes of attending university abroad.