raise somebody's hopes

An earlier visit to a law office raised his hopes, but led to nothing.

No use to raise hopes and let them down again.

The Western states raised hopes that there would not be force.

I didn't want to say anything to raise false hopes while she was here, but I've got an idea.

It means you raising your own hopes to meet standards.

I think he just doesn't want to overly raise his hopes.

He didn't want to raise her hopes only to dash them again.

Seven months later, they were 5-0 in August and raising everyone's hopes.

This had raised hopes that evidence of past life might be found on the planet today.

When asked what raised his hopes, he said, "New information."