get one's hopes up

English

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Verb

get one 's hopes up

(idiomatic) To become enthusiastic about something that is not yet guaranteed to happen.
I try to set low expectations and not to get my hopes up.

Translations

to become enthusiastic

Finnish: odottaa kuuta taivaalta

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