- harden your heart
- harden (your) heart
slightly formal
to make yourself stop feeling kind or friendly towards someone.
You've just got to harden your heart and tell him to leave.
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harden your heart
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harden your heart — phrase to make yourself stop caring or being affected by things Thesaurus: to stop, control or not show emotionssynonym Main entry: harden * * * harden your heart ◇ If you harden your heart or if something hardens your heart, you stop having kind … Useful english dictionary
harden your heart — to make yourself stop caring or being affected by things … English dictionary
harden heart — harden (your) heart slightly formal to make yourself stop feeling kind or friendly towards someone. You ve just got to harden your heart and tell him to leave … New idioms dictionary
harden */ — UK [ˈhɑː(r)d(ə)n] / US [ˈhɑrd(ə)n] verb Word forms harden : present tense I/you/we/they harden he/she/it hardens present participle hardening past tense hardened past participle hardened 1) [intransitive/transitive] to become hard or firm, or to… … English dictionary
harden — hard|en [ hardn ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to become hard or firm, or to make something hard or firm: This additive hardens the cement in an hour. The bread will harden if you don t cover it. 2. ) transitive MAINLY LITERARY to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
harden — hard|en [ˈha:dn US ˈha:rdn] v [I and T] 1.) to become firm or stiff, or to make something firm or stiff ≠ ↑soften ▪ It will take about 24 hours for the glue to harden. 2.) if your attitude hardens, or if something hardens it, you become more… … Dictionary of contemporary English
harden — verb 1 (I, T) to become firm or stiff, or to make something firm or stiff: Make sure you give the paint enough time to dry and harden. 2 (I) to become more strict and determined and less sympathetic: Opposition to the military regime has hardened … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Harden — Hard en (h[aum]rd n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hardened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hardening} ( n*[i^]ng).] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.] 1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heart — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ healthy, strong ▪ bad, weak ▪ beating, pounding, racing ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Marcia Gay Harden — Harden at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival Born August 14, 1959 (1959 08 14) (age 52) La Jolla, Californi … Wikipedia
