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

I can't understand then what on earth I saw in the man who made my heart go pit-a-pat.

From Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Then Carl felt his heart go pit-a-pat, and all the snow wreaths on the trees seemed to turn to bridal flowers.

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

Where once she made our hearts go pit-a-pat, To-day, alas, they only pity Patti.

From Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence