here's hoping

here's hoping

English

Phrase

here's hoping

1. An expression of desire that an event or outcome identified in the context will actually occur.
   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, ch. 13:

     In every instance the veteran landlord was requested to imitate the custom of the cupbearers to kings, and taste the liquor he presented, by the invitation of "After you is manners," with which request he ordinarily complied by wetting his lips, first expressing the wish of "Here's hoping," leaving it to the imagination of the hearers to fill the vacuum by whatever good each thought most desirable.

   • 1917, Victor Appleton Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, ch. 21:

     "Good!" cried Mr. Damon, […] "Ho! for the cavern and the lost city of Kurzon."

     "And the idol of gold," said Tom Swift to himself. "I hope we can get it ahead of Beecher. Perhaps if I can help in that—Oh, well, here's hoping, that's all!" and a little smile curved his lips.

   • 2002, June 24, "World Cup: Brazil Carves Up Turkey," Time (retrieved 19 Nov 2019):

     The good news is, it still ain't over for France, and despite the loss of Henry and Petit for two (here's hoping) and one game respectively, les Bleus are looking a bit better.

   • 2019, October 17, Roberta Smith, "MoMA’s Art Treasure, No Longer Buried," New York Times (retrieved 19 Nov 2019):

     The new MoMA is also more physically welcoming, and in many ways more workable. […] It remains to be seen if this expansion will suffer the overcrowding that plagued the last, but here's hoping.