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follow one's heart

follow one's heart verb: to pursue one's emotional inclinations; to do what one feels is best or right, without reasoning.

Verb

follow one's heart (third-person singular simple present follows one's heart, present participle following one's heart, simple past and past participle followed one's heart)

  1. To pursue one's emotional inclinations; to do what one feels is best or right, without reasoning.

Forms of follow one's heart

third-person singular presentfollows one's heart
present participlefollowing one's heart
past participlefollowed one's heart
pastfollowed one's heart

Questions about follow one's heart

What does follow one's heart mean?
Follow one's heart means to pursue one's emotional inclinations; to do what one feels is best or right, without reasoning.
What part of speech is follow one's heart?
Follow one's heart is a verb.
What is the past tense of follow one's heart?
The past tense of follow one's heart is followed one's heart.

Words near follow one's heart in the dictionary

  1. follow boards
  2. follow in someone's footsteps
  3. follow my leader
  4. follow on
  5. follow one's bliss
  6. follow one's heart
  7. follow one's nose
  8. follow ons
  9. follow someone off a cliff
  10. follow someone to the ends of the earth
  11. follow someone to the ends of the world

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