beating heart
English
Noun
beating heart (plural beating hearts)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beating, heart.
- (figuratively) The core of a thing; its most essential or important part.
- Synonym: heart and soul
- the beating heart of the economy
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Further reading
- “the beating heart of something”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
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