great white hope

Noun

Meaning

someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field

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this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy Source: Internet

Other observers called him "The Great White Hope". Source: Internet

Scant attention, for example, is devoted to the racial aspect of the story – to Billy as the Great White Hope. Source: Internet

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