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be still my beating heart

be still my beating heart is the alternative form of be still my heart.

Meaning of be still my heart

Verb

be still my heart

  1. (idiomatic) An admonition to oneself to calm down when overly excited, especially in terms of romantic attraction.
    • How strange, how hellish (God forgive me for saying so!) it seems that she should love him. But, does she love him? Can she love him? Could she love him if she knew all? Know him she shall before she marries him. For the present, be still, my heart.1868, Charles Reade, chapter 8, in Foul Play

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Words near be still my beating heart in the dictionary

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  3. be someone's to lose
  4. Be star
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  6. be still my beating heart
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  8. be suppose to
  9. be taken bad
  10. be taken ill
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