dash hopes

dash someone's hopes

Fig. to ruin someone's hopes; to put an end to someone's dreams or aspirations. Mary dashed my hopes when she said she wouldn't marry me.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Haf	-	Welsh
Charmaine	shahr-MAYN	English
Janette	JAN-ət, jə-NET	English
Ulla	OOL-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, German
Ananta	-	Hinduism
Thea	[θiə]