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Meaning of forlorn hope

forlorn' hope'

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a perilous or desperate enterprise.
  2. a vain hope.
  3. a group of soldiers assigned to perform some unusually dangerous service.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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