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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.
lose heart
to stop believing that you can succeed When the other troops failed to arrive, the men lost heart and surrendered.
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.
lose heart
to stop believing that you can succeed Don't lose heart, there'll be plenty more chances for promotion.
lose heart
Become discouraged, as in
The rescuers worked hard for the first few hours, but then they lost heart. This term uses
heart in the sense of "courage" or "spirit." [Mid-1800s] Also see
lose one's heart to.