Sekirov Dictionary

pipe dream

/ˈpaɪp driːm/

noun 1
pipe-dream verb 1
forms 4

noun1

•
A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.
- I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.

pipe-dream verb1

•
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.
- Love is life sublime, / Ev'ry moment that I'm / Only wasting my time / Pipe dreaming of you, / Pipe dreaming of you, […] — 1946

forms

pipe-dreamed · pipe-dreaming · pipe-dreams · pipe dreams

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