can but hope (English, verb)
expansion: can but hope (third-person singular simple present can but hope, no present participle, simple past could but hope, no past participle)
Senses:
info_templates: extra_data: words: that
(+
clause);
(informal)
with
clause;
(negative)
not
tags: with so
expansion: [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]
glosses: To be unable to do anything (about something) other than hope [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]; especially with long odds.
tags: UK
dated
no-past-participle
no-present-participle
Forms:
form: can but hope
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: could but hope
tags: past