find it in your yourself to do something

find it in your yourself to do something
find it in your heart/yourself to do sth idiom
(literary) to be able or willing to do sth

Can you find it in your heart to forgive her?

He couldn't find it in himself to trust anyone again.

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  • find it in your heart to do something — find it in your heart/yourself to do sth idiom (literary) to be able or willing to do sth • Can you find it in your heart to forgive her? • He couldn t find it in himself to trust anyone again. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Find — (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found} (found); p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pi ptein to fall,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • find — find1 W1S1 [faınd] v past tense and past participle found [faund] [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(get by searching)¦ 2¦(see by chance)¦ 3¦(discover state of somebody/something)¦ 4¦(do something without meaning to)¦ 5¦(learn something by study)¦ 6¦(think/feel)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • find — 1 /faInd/ past tense and past participle found /faUnd/ verb (T) 1 BY SEARCHING to discover or see something that you have been searching for : I can t find the car keys. | Let s hope we can find a parking space. | No one has found a solution to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • find — find1 [ faınd ] (past tense and past participle found [ faund ] ) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 discover (by searching) ▸ 2 get something ▸ 3 experience emotion etc. ▸ 4 have as opinion ▸ 5 make formal decision ▸ 6 have enough of something ▸ + PHRASES… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • find — I UK [faɪnd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms find : present tense I/you/we/they find he/she/it finds present participle finding past tense found UK [faʊnd] / US past participle found *** 1) to discover something, or to see where it is by… …   English dictionary

  • find — [[t]fa͟ɪnd[/t]] ♦ finds, finding, found 1) VERB If you find someone or something, you see them or learn where they are. [V n] The police also found a pistol... [V n] They have spent ages looking at the map and can t find a trace of anywhere… …   English dictionary

  • find*/*/*/ — [faɪnd] (past tense and past participle found [faʊnd] ) verb [T] I 1) to discover or to notice something, often after searching Have you found your shoes?[/ex] We hope to find the answers to these questions.[/ex] I found her wandering in the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • To find fault with — Find Find (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found} (found); p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pi ptein… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To find one's self — Find Find (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found} (found); p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pi ptein… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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