forlorn hope
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /fəˌlɔːnˈhəʊp/
forlorn hope (plural forlorn hopes)
- (military) A small troop picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.
- Any dangerous or hopeless venture.
- French: enfants perdus
- German: Forlorn Hope
- Italian: fanti perduti, venturieri
- Italian: impresa disperata
- (military) cannon fodder
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