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at heart
In one's deepest feelings, as a great concern, as in The governor has the party's best interests at heart . [Early 1700s]
Fundamentally, basically, as in He's a good fellow at heart . It was first recorded in Alexander Pope's Epistle to a Lady (1735): 鈥淏ut every Woman is at heart a Rake.鈥
Example Sentences
鈥淚 never say anything bad about him, and I just want to move on. The fans, my ex-teammates, I鈥檒l always keep at heart. It鈥檚 time for me to move on from there.鈥
Millet wants us to consider whether we鈥檙e consumers or creators at heart.
鈥淚鈥檓 a receiver at heart, so I do love to catch the ball. But I love doing both, as long as I鈥檓 out on the field.鈥
"It was a poor decision, and he is paying the consequences now, but I think he sincerely thought he had the country's best interests at heart."
Online, he said, they were finding a new kind of role model - one that too often did not have their best interests at heart.
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