HEART AND SOUL

• (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

  "the gist of the prosecutor's argument", "the heart and soul of the Republican Party", "the nub of the story"

  synonyms : center , centre , core , essence , gist , heart , inwardness , kernel , marrow , meat , nitty-gritty , nub , pith , substance , sum

  We finally understood the pith of his argument. -added by naila_inlas

  The marrow of the lawyer's argument was that the defendant had committed the crime and needed to be punished severely. -added by naila_inlas

  There's not a kernel of truth in what they say. -added by nithi

  the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of the division of that nation along ethnic lines -added by nithi

• (adverb) with complete faith

  "she was with him heart and soul"

  synonyms : body and soul

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