take heart

Don't lose hope

Take heart means to find courage or renewed hope, especially after disappointment or difficulty.

It's an encouragement to remain optimistic: Take heart—the worst is behind us.

Someone who takes heart from something draws encouragement from it: She took heart from the early poll numbers.

encouragement

emboldened

Made more courageous

inspired · uplifted · reassured · comforted · buoyed · cheered · motivated · fortified · rallied · strengthened

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Opposites
emotional courage and hope

take heartlose heart

Become discouraged or demoralized

despair · lose faith · wilt

perseverance vs. surrender

take heartgive up

Stop attempting something

surrender · throw in the towel · capitulate · abandon hope · quit

Family

take, heart, taken, taking, hearty, overtake, takes, intake, undertake

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G