tenir à cœur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.niʁ a kœʁ/

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Verb

tenir à cœur

1. (transitive with à) (figuratively) to be important to someone, to matter to someone, to be dear to someone's heart, to be close to someone's heart

   tout ce qui me tient à cœur ― everything I hold dear