- strike at the heart of
- strike at the heart of (something)
to damage something severely by attacking the most important part of it.
The recent recession has struck at the heart of industrial development.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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strike at the heart of something — strike at the heart of (something) to damage something severely by attacking the most important part of it. The recent recession has struck at the heart of industrial development … New idioms dictionary
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heart-strike — heartˈ strike transitive verb (pap heartˈ stricken or heartˈ struck (obsolete heart strook)) (archaic) 1. To strike to the heart 2. To dismay 3. To drive into the heart • • • Main Entry: ↑heart … Useful english dictionary
heart — W1S1 [ha:t US ha:rt] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stoma … Dictionary of contemporary English
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strike at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms strike at : present tense I/you/we/they strike at he/she/it strikes at present participle striking at past tense struck at past participle struck at 1) a) strike at someone/something to try to hit someone or… … English dictionary
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