take to heart

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Related Words

• acknowledge
• appear
• appreciate
• endure
• enjoy
• get
• go through
• have
• know
• meet
• notice
• perceive
• receive
• see
• seem
• sense
• suffer
• suggest
• taste
• understand