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heart and soul

Idioms  

  1. The entirety of one's energies or affections. For example, He put heart and soul into his music. [Late 1700s]

Example Sentences

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"I am sent as archbishop to serve you, to proclaim the love of Christ and with you to worship and love him with heart and soul, mind and strength," she responded.

From Barron's

I want to sleep so that maybe by the time I wake up, my body and heart and soul will have mended themselves without me even having had to do the work.

From Literature

I put all my heart and soul into that wish.

From Literature

The players put heart and soul into the game.

From BBC

“But I knew in my heart and soul I was never going let the movie out without that being in it.”

From Los Angeles Times

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