go pit-a-pat

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Tough medicine, as she described it, and “stabilization” — which is “kind of my theme” — won’t make a great many hearts go pit-a-pat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

When she had made our hearts go pit-a-pat, and brought the tears into our eyes, she would give us comic songs--the very latest.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard

If my reply make his heart go pit-a-pat with joy he can give me a gold piece.

From The Faery Tales of Weir by Sholl, Anna McClure

"Only a scraping of shoes on the mat Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!"

From Holiday Stories for Young People by Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth

What is it that makes a man's heart go pit-a-pat when he is about to meet a European lady in mid-China?

From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John