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in hopes of

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in hopes of doing something

with the intention of influencing something in the future that you do not control directly. McDougall is cooperating with police in hopes of reducing his sentence.

Usage notes: also used in the form in hopes that something will happen: The agency sued the farmer in hopes that other growers would obey the government's demands.

See also: hope

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When I came to Pate, in hopes of meeting with my associate, I found that he was gone to Mombaza, in hopes of receiving information. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context They hastened to meet him, in hopes of tidings of good cheer. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was always something wrong. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context More results

References in classic literature

When I came to Pate, in hopes of meeting with my associate, I found that he was gone to Mombaza, in hopes of receiving information.

A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context

They hastened to meet him, in hopes of tidings of good cheer.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was always something wrong.

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context

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