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heart and soul

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heart and soul
Fig. the central core [of someone or something]. Now we are getting to the heart and soul of the matter. This feature is the heart and soul of my invention.
See also: and, heart, soul
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You will at least have one person, Miss Emily, who will try with all his heart and soul to encourage you.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
How often (for example) have I thundered with all my heart and soul against the wicked extravagance of dress among women--against their filthy false hair and their nauseous powders and paints
The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Two years passed in this manner, during which I paid no visit to Geneva, but was engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make.
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