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one's heart out en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, reflexive) With great effort or enthusiasm.
    • Every morning, there are birds right outside my window singing their hearts out.
    • “I thought that I did enough to finish out that last round and get the draw,” Thompson said. “Of course, I’d rather have the win but it is what it is. We both went out there and fought our hearts out. I hope we can do it again. Nothing else would interest me. I want the rematch. I don’t want anything but that rematch.” 2016 November 13, Josh Gross, “Conor McGregor KOs Eddie Alvarez to become UFC's first two-class champion”, in The Guardian:

Relateds

pour one's heart out · eat one's heart out · tear someone's heart out

Synonyms

one's little heart out · someone's arse off