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What a heart does for love and what a drum does for rhythm — same word, different stakes.
means The act of striking something repeatedly, or a thorough defeat, or the steady pulse of something alive.
from From Old English beatan, to strike or thrash — a word that has been hitting things since before England had a name.
Heart dutyBeats roughly 100,000 times a day, unpaid
Sound originTwo close frequencies create audible beating pulses
Idiom rangeCovers eggs, drums, hearts, and humiliating losses