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take to heart

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  1. Be deeply moved or affected or upset by, as in I know you'll take these comments about your story to heart, or She really took that college rejection to heart. [c. 1300]

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Either way, Appel says the real lesson — and it’s one I take to heart — is that you shouldn’t hesitate to write that letter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Above all, we should all take to heart this most quintessentially New York piece of advice from Dan, the creator of All Day NYC: “Stop following these fugazi pages.”

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

"Or you can take to heart what we discussed."

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

And it made me take to heart every single moment we were all there making a film together.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

“I take to heart the blessed words, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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