take heart
idiomatic phrase
: to gain courage or confidence : to begin to feel better and more hopeful
Take heart; things will get better soon.
While teams like the Indians and the Red Sox face grueling Septembers, the A's … can take heart in having survived their most difficult stretch.—
Sports Illustrated
Sports IllustratedMovements against any form of repression can take heart from a historical method that demonstrates that much of what has been produced by history can also be dismantled.—Nicholas B. Dirks
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While far-right supporters are embracing Mr. Musk’s interventions, Europe’s mainstream leaders will take heart from signs that most Europeans seem firmly opposed to them.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Carter’s funeral, and many of the remembrances that have poured forth during this week of national mourning, offered a far more positive narrative—and Biden must surely have taken heart from it.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
Advertisement And supporters of that approach took heart when Trump picked billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
But neighbors can take heart that among the conditions are: No helicopter landings, no gambling, no animal circuses.
—Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Carter’s funeral, and many of the remembrances that have poured forth during this week of national mourning, offered a far more positive narrative—and Biden must surely have taken heart from it.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
Advertisement And supporters of that approach took heart when Trump picked billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
But neighbors can take heart that among the conditions are: No helicopter landings, no gambling, no animal circuses.
—Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Take heart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20heart. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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