take heart

idiomatic phrase

: to gain courage or confidence : to begin to feel better and more hopeful

Take heart; things will get better soon.

While teams like the Indians and the Red Sox face grueling Septembers, the A's … can take heart in having survived their most difficult stretch.—

Sports Illustrated

Movements against any form of repression can take heart from a historical method that demonstrates that much of what has been produced by history can also be dismantled.—

Nicholas B. Dirks

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But neighbors can take heart that among the conditions are: No helicopter landings, no gambling, no animal circuses. —

Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025 And take heart: Their 6.5-game lead in the NL East is still bigger than any other division lead (though the Guardians have a six-game lead in the AL Central). —

Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024 Robert had convinced the Salmon Arm psychiatrist to read Richard B. Gibson’s dissertation, and took heart in her response. —

Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023 The owner took heart from a commentator, writing for The Times of India, who said the non-endorsement had been the right call. —

James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take heart