put one's heart in
English
Verb
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)
- (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.”
Further reading
- “heart in it, have one's”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.