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reset your expectations

adjust expectations

To reset your expectations is to change what you expect so that it is more realistic.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Will the repairs be finished this week?

Probably not, so we need to reset our expectations.

Play the conversation

The delay forced us to reset our expectations for the launch date.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The delay made us reset up our expectations for the launch date.

Say: The delay made us reset our expectations for the launch date.

The phrase is “reset your expectations”; it does not take “up.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

reset my expectations; reset your expectations about something

Your turn: say it out loud

The delay forced us to reset our expectations for the launch date.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

reset your expectations

adjust expectations

“The delay forced us to reset our expectations for the launch date.”

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