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Take to heart

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.) idiomatic

    "He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider."

  2. 2
    get down to; pay attention to; take seriously wordnet
  3. 3
    To feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something. idiomatic

    "Of course, with her weak heart and dropsy one couldn't expect that she could get about with him, but he spent two hours every evening in her room. He might well do what he could, for she has been a rare good friend to him. But that's all over, too. He never goes near her. And she takes it to heart. She is brooding and sulky and drinking, Mr. Holmes—drinking like a fish."

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