pipe-dream

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Synonyms: pipe dream, pipedream

Antonyms: pipe dream, pipedream

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[have#Verb|have]] a [[desire#Noun|desire]] or [[idea]] which is [[unlikely]] to [[materialize]], or to [[imagine#Verb|imagine]] a [[plan#Noun|plan]] which is unlikely to [[work#Verb|work]]; to [[dream#Verb|dream]] of a [[near#Adjective|near]] [[impossibility]].

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