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

Movements 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

Examples of take heart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Oversensitive types of the world, take heart: The hitmaking pop trio AJR has your back. —Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025

But young professionals, take heart—this transformation is also unlocking new opportunities at every level of education and experience. —Arvin Patel, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025

Use your credit card’s (growing) lounge network If you’re fed up with Priority Pass, take heart: The Amex Platinum, the Chase Sapphire Reserve, or the Capital One Venture X credit cards all offer their own proprietary airport lounge networks. —Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 16 July 2025

In either case, take heart: These missteps are completely fixable! —Jenny McCoy, SELF, 9 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for take heart

• counterpart
• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart