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have a heart

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have a heart

Fig. to be compassionate; to be generous and forgiving; to have an especially compassionate heart. Oh, have a heart! Give me some help! If Anne had a heart, she'd volunteer to help us on the charity drive.

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have a heart

to show kindness and sympathy I can't teach somebody to have a heart.

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have a heart

Be merciful, show pity; also, be reasonable. For example, Have a heart-I can't pay you back until next month, or Have a heart and stop your arguing now. This expression is often put as an imperative, as in the examples. [c. 1900] Also see harden one's heart.

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