in the hope of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   because you want sth to happen

   Apparently, local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant.

   ...in the hope of getting perfect conditions.

In the movies · 1

• in hopes that our salvation might lie in the Multiverse.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022
• Apparently, local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant.The Dig2021
• ...in the hope of getting perfect conditions.The Longest Day1962
• in the hope of finding missing loved onesGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019
• ...in the hope of developing cheap, renewable sources of energy...Watchmen2009
• in the vain hope of saving themselvesJohn Wick: Chapter 42023
• That's not hope!Dune: Part Two2024
• and hope for the future.Terminator Genisys2015

From the same entry

• hope against hope
• hope for the best
• I should hope so
• cross my heart
• be beyond hope
• hold out little, hope
• hope springs eternal
• not have a hope
• some hope
• dash hopes
• pin your hopes on

More idioms

• keep a lid on
• lie low
• make a move on
• make blood boil
• nine times out of ten
• not in the slightest
• not know the first thing about
• not take kindly to
• one thing leads to another
• poke your nose into
• push to the back of your mind
• shut the door in face