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change of heart

noun

  1. a reversal of one's feelings, intentions, opinions, etc.:

    At first Mother said we couldn't go, but she had a change of heart and let us.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of change of heart1

First recorded in 1820–30
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Idioms and Phrases

Altered feelings or attitude, as in Paul didn't like his new job, but a raise prompted a change of heart and he became quite enthusiastic . [Early 1800s]
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They held the old Cardiff Central seat in the Senedd and the House of Commons, before paying the price for their well-documented change of heart on student tuition fees and for being part of a coalition with the Conservatives at Westminster from 2010.

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But since then, it seems he’s had a change of heart.

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Once the details are agreed, then the UK, France and others would see if the European offer was substantial enough for the US to have a change of heart and agree to play some kind of role.

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Mrs Fenton said she was "ecstatic" about the Home Office's change of heart.

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Unless Republicans have a radical change of heart and find that they would rather work alongside their ideological adversaries for the good of both than follow their president into a strange future of chaos and despotism, the non-Puritans among us need to accept that an accidental experiment, which began nearly four centuries ago with Richard Nicolls’ twin missions and which was rooted in the European struggle between faith and reason, is at an end.

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