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put one's heart in

put one's heart in verb: to be emotionally invested in (something); to do (something) wholeheartedly.

Verb

put one's heart in (third-person singular simple present puts one's heart in, present participle putting one's heart in, simple past and past participle put one's heart in)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To be emotionally invested in (something); to do (something) wholeheartedly.
    • Angelica Cardona, with a microphone in her hand, stands among a group of candidates. Her voice reverberates firmly from the stage: “The art of weaving forms part of our Mayan identity. Nowadays, however, cheap printed fabrics are replacing our ancestral hand-woven textiles. This is how capitalism...2020 May 1, Bartlomiej Kaftan, “Queens’ Land: the indigenous Mayan queens of Guatemala – photo essay”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    put one's heart and soul in, have one's heart in, someone's heart is in

Synonyms of put one's heart in

Forms of put one's heart in

third-person singular presentputs one's heart in
present participleputting one's heart in
past participleput one's heart in
pastput one's heart in

Questions about put one's heart in

What does put one's heart in mean?
Put one's heart in means to be emotionally invested in (something); to do (something) wholeheartedly.
What part of speech is put one's heart in?
Put one's heart in is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's heart in?
The past tense of put one's heart in is put one's heart in.

Words near put one's heart in in the dictionary

  1. put one's hands on
  2. put one's hands together
  3. put one's hands up
  4. put one's head above the parapet
  5. put one's head in the sand
  6. put one's heart in
  7. put one's heart into
  8. put one's heart on one's sleeve
  9. put one's house in order
  10. put one's household in order
  11. put one's legs under someone's mahogany

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