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

"And your little heart used to go pit-a-pat, so that you could hardly count the change?"

From King Coal : a Novel by Sinclair, Upton

If my reply make his heart go pit-a-pat with joy he can give me a gold piece.

From The Faery Tales of Weir by Sholl, Anna McClure

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

And how their hearts go pit-a-pat, and look for it!

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Beaumont, Francis