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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The friction is so obvious that Democrats, having been pummeled by their election loss last November, are taking heart.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
But Norton takes heart in some of the younger people who started dropping by the Old Marshall before Helene.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Anyone, regardless of political persuasion, should take heart that the United States’ system of checks and balances can assuage uncertainty and ensure democracy’s functionality.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Rival consultants can take heart that even with all-important PGA and DGA wins, films like La La Land, Brokeback Mountain and Saving Private Ryan — to name three — did not ultimately become Best Picture Oscar winners.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
But Norton takes heart in some of the younger people who started dropping by the Old Marshall before Helene.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Anyone, regardless of political persuasion, should take heart that the United States’ system of checks and balances can assuage uncertainty and ensure democracy’s functionality.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Rival consultants can take heart that even with all-important PGA and DGA wins, films like La La Land, Brokeback Mountain and Saving Private Ryan — to name three — did not ultimately become Best Picture Oscar winners.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Take heart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20heart. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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