take to heart

Idioms and Phrases

Be deeply moved or affected or upset by, as in I know you'll take these comments about your story to heart , or She really took that college rejection to heart . [c. 1300]

Example Sentences

They are accused of ignoring environmental concerns and taking to heart an age-old saying: "There is no land in Ghana which doesn’t have gold, even in the top soil. Ghana is gold."

From BBC

And it made me take to heart every single moment we were all there making a film together.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, every Sunday I listen as my pastor, the Rev. Tera Landers, ends her sermon with a phrase I take to heart: “Go out and love the world.”

From Los Angeles Times

"It's important to remember that our words and our nonverbal behaviors are taken to heart by those we care for, and it behooves us to care about them as well."

From Science Daily

Hats off to Time and outlets like it that take to heart the unique gravity of this moment.

From Salon

Related Words

• acknowledge
• appear
• appreciate
• endure
• enjoy
• get
• go through
• have
• know
• meet
• notice
• perceive
• receive
• see
• seem
• sense
• suffer
• suggest
• taste
• understand