FORLORN HOPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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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