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View synonyms for lose heart

lose heart



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Idioms and Phrases

Become discouraged, as in The rescuers worked hard for the first few hours, but then they lost heart . This term uses heart in the sense of “courage” or “spirit.” [Mid-1800s] Also see lose one's heart to .
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Example Sentences

Not for a moment did the brave man lose heart or suffer himself to grow weary in his difficult task.

I felt that if I thought the matter over I might lose heart, so I suddenly bounded into the arena.

But don't you lose heart, Jim, for I'm sure this isn't the end of our story, by any means.

A young soldier must not lose heart because he finds he is a prisoner.

But weeds have this virtue: they are not easily discouraged; they never lose heart entirely; they die game.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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