build hopes on

build one's hopes on someone or something

to make plans or have aspirations based on someone or something. I have built my hopes on making a success of this business. I built my hopes on John's presidency.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mailys	-	French
Short	[ʃɔ:t]
Chinyere	-	Western African, Igbo
Love	[lʌv]
Andreas	ahn-DRE-ahs (German, Swedish), ahn-DRHAY-ahs (Dutch)	German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gre
Faas	FAH:S	Dutch