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

And he tossed his horned head and pawed the ground with his great hoofs in a way that made Sonny Boy’s heart go pit-a-pat.

From Sonny Boy by Swett, Sophie Miriam

"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

And they asked no questions, because it was all so dreadful mysterious and romantic, and made their little hearts go pit-a-pat to have such a poetic brother.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

And how their hearts go pit-a-pat, and look for it!

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Beaumont, Francis