body and soul
idiom
: with all of your energy and enthusiasm
He devoted himself body and soul to the cause.
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This retrograde calls for a major lifestyle overhaul, urging you to focus on habits and routines that actually nourish your mind, body and soul.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 July 2025
Spiritual self-care is essential for the well-being, health and harmony of our mind, body and soul.
—Gerry J. Tucker, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Comments Rosamund Pike and the rest of her Pride and Prejudice costars were bewitched, body and soul, by the romance drama's iconic dawn scene.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 June 2025
As poor, lost, beautiful Dorian becomes more and more shallow and cruel—with only the portrait locked away in his attic reflecting the decay of his body and soul—Williams and Snook together locate Wilde’s evocation of a particularly insidious kind of societal cancer.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 July 2025
Spiritual self-care is essential for the well-being, health and harmony of our mind, body and soul.
—Gerry J. Tucker, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Comments Rosamund Pike and the rest of her Pride and Prejudice costars were bewitched, body and soul, by the romance drama's iconic dawn scene.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 June 2025
As poor, lost, beautiful Dorian becomes more and more shallow and cruel—with only the portrait locked away in his attic reflecting the decay of his body and soul—Williams and Snook together locate Wilde’s evocation of a particularly insidious kind of societal cancer.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Body and soul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20and%20soul. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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