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

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

Then my heart really did begin to go pit-a-pat.

From Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

And he tossed his horned head and pawed the ground with his great hoofs in a way that made Sonny Boy’s heart go pit-a-pat.

From Sonny Boy by Swett, Sophie Miriam

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