lose heart

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lose heart

Fig. to lose one's courage or confidence. Now, don't lose heart. Keep trying. What a disappointment! It's enough to make one lose heart.

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lose heart

to stop believing that you can succeed Don't lose heart, there'll be plenty more chances for promotion.

See also: heart, lose

lose your heart (to somebody/something)

to fall in love I lost my heart to airplanes when I was eight years old, and I've wanted to be a pilot ever since.

See also: heart, lose

lose heart

to stop believing that you can succeed When the other troops failed to arrive, the men lost heart and surrendered.

See also: heart, lose

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Hunt was diligently preparing for his arduous journey, some of his men began to lose heart at the perilous prospect before them; but before we accuse them of want of spirit, it is proper to consider the nature of the wilderness into which they were about to adventure. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context The lesson for him was one of trust and courage; and I, who seemed to be then shut in upon a mountain-walled fiord without inlet or outlet, took the lesson home and promised myself not to lose heart again. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context If you can, lead the race; but don't lose heart till the last minute, even if you're behind. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			loosen loosen tongue loosen up lop off lope along lord lord and master lord it over Lord knows I've tried Lord love a duck! Lord only knows lose lose a bundle lose appetite lose at lose by lose contact with lose cool lose count of lose edge lose face lose grip lose ground lose ground to lose head lose heart lose heart to lose hold on lose in lose it lose marbles lose mind lose money on lose nerve lose oneself in lose out lose out to lose patience lose rag lose reason lose shirt lose sight of lose sleep lose sleep over lose some amount of time lose temper lose the plot lose the thread lose the use of lose time lose to			lose cool lose count of lose courage lose edge Lose Electrons Oxidation Lose face lose favor lose figure lose figure lose figure lose figure lose figure lose grip lose grip lose grip lose grip lose grip lose grip on lose grip on someone or something lose ground lose ground lose ground lose ground lose ground lose ground to lose head lose head lose head lose head lose head lose heart lose heart to lose hold on lose identity lose in lose individuality lose it lose it lose it lose it lose life lose life lose life lose life lose lunch lose luster lose marbles lose marbles lose marbles lose marbles lose mind lose mind lose mind lose mind lose money hand over fist lose money hand over fist lose money hand over fist lose money hand over fist lose money on lose morale Lose My Number

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