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

Lord! just to watch him standing near with that noble grave look on his face, and not giving one a thought, makes one's heart go pit-a-pat.

From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Wit, wisdom, and energy may go pit-a-pat "at the double" on lower levels, but great soulèdness and probity only come to their perfection in a steadier region.

From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis

When she had made our hearts go pit-a-pat, and brought the tears into our eyes, she would give us comic songs--the very latest.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard

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)