set heart against



set one's heart against something

Fig. to turn against something; to become totally against something. Jane set her heart against going to Australia. I set my heart against her departure.
See also: heart, set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Keane-Irish
Christinekrees-TEEN (French), kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German, Dutch)French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Ottorino-Italian
Uttara-Hinduism, Indian, Marathi
Rebekkare-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Avihu-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew