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Pipe-dream

//ˈpaɪpdriːm// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To have a desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or to imagine a plan which is unlikely to work; to dream of a near impossibility. intransitive

    "Love is life sublime, / Ev'ry moment that I'm / Only wasting my time / Pipe dreaming of you, / Pipe dreaming of you, […]"

Etymology

From pipe dream (noun).

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