here's to

Idioms  

1. One salutes someone or something. For example, Here's to Bill on his retirement, or Here's to the new project. This phrase, nearly always used as a toast to someone or something, is a shortening of here's a health to and has been so used since the late 1500s. Shakespeare had it in Romeo and Juliet (5:3): “Here's to my Love.”

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Example Sentences

"So each to their own and here's to a great Festival wherever you may be watching!"

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“Here’s to the next chapter, here’s to 2nd try.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

This week’s show is the season finale and the penultimate episode left lots of things in the air, so here’s to hoping all the loose ends get tied up.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

So here’s to Magic being more like Condi and less like Fergie.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023

“And here's to you, because you got the redbeard to part with all that money—it usually sticks to his fat fingers like chewing gum.”

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke