hope for the best, prepare for the worst (English, verb)
expansion: hope for the best, prepare for the worst (third-person singular simple present hopes for the best, prepares for the worst, present participle hoping for the best, preparing for the worst, simple past and past participle hoped for the best, prepared for the worst)
Senses:
glosses: To take precautions that may not be necessary in a future situation, while keeping hope that the situation will turn out well so that these precautions would not need to be used.
Forms:
form: hopes for the best, prepares for the worst
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hoping for the best, preparing for the worst
tags: participle
present
singular
third-person
form: hoped for the best, prepared for the worst
tags: participle
past
present
singular
third-person
form: hoped for the best, prepared for the worst
tags: past
present
singular
third-person
form: hope for the best but prepare for the worst
tags: alternative
form: hope for the best and prepare for the worst
tags: alternative