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FORLORN HOPE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does forlorn hope mean?

• FORLORN HOPE (noun)
The noun FORLORN HOPE has 1 sense:

1. a hopeless or desperate enterprise

Familiarity information: FORLORN HOPE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FORLORN HOPE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hopeless or desperate enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("forlorn hope" is a kind of...):

endeavor; endeavour; enterprise (a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness))

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