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forlorn hope

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forlorn_hope

Main Entry:: forlorn hope
Function:: noun
Etymology:: by folk etymology from Dutch verloren hoop, literally, lost band
Date:: 1579

1 : a body of men selected to perform a perilous service 2 : a desperate or extremely difficult enterprise

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