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lose heart



VERB
despond
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He told the group’s members not to lose heart.

From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2022

“We have money and people hours to donate, but people lose heart if in the end they get blocked,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Referencing a passage, she encouraged people to "not lose heart."

From Fox News • Aug. 18, 2021

His main advice when things go wrong is not to lose heart and to accept that learning might be slow.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2020

Amy’s lecture put the matter in a new light, and for the first time it did look weak and selfish to lose heart at the first failure, and shut himself up in moody indifference.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott