lot of promise

lot of promise
*a lot of promise
much promise for the future. (*Typically: have \lot of promise; show \lot of promise.) •

Sally is quite young, but she has a lot of promise.

This bush is small, but it shows a lot of promise.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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