take heart
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Be confident, be brave, as in Take heart, we may still win this game. This idiom uses heart in the sense of “courage.” [First half of 1500s]
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Words nearby take heart
take flight, take for, take for a ride, take for gospel, take for granted, take heart, take hold, take-home pay, take ill, take-in, take in good part
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