dream on

idiom

informal
—used to say that one does not think something that another person wants or expects will ever happen
"I think my band will be famous one day." "Dream on."

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“Dream on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dream%20on. Accessed 29 Sep. 2022.

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