put one's heart in

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put one's heart in (third-person singular simple present puts one's heart in, present participle putting one's heart in, simple past and past participle put one's heart in)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To be emotionally invested in (something); to do (something) wholeheartedly.
    Synonyms: put one's heart and soul in, have one's heart in, someone's heart is in
    • 2020 May 1, Bartlomiej Kaftan, “Queens’ Land: the indigenous Mayan queens of Guatemala – photo essay”, in The Guardian:
      Angelica Cardona, with a microphone in her hand, stands among a group of candidates. Her voice reverberates firmly from the stage: “The art of weaving forms part of our Mayan identity. Nowadays, however, cheap printed fabrics are replacing our ancestral hand-woven textiles. This is how capitalism is killing our culture and preventing us from putting our heart in each artisanal piece we produce.”

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