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| for·lorn hope (plural for·lorn hopes) |
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1. futile hope: a desperate or futile hope
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2. desperate undertaking: a desperate or doomed undertaking
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| [By folk etymology < Dutch forloren hoop "lost troop"; originally "a group of soldiers sent on a hopeless mission"] |
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