Usually means: Meaning well despite flawed actions.
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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word have one's heart in the right place:

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  1. have one's heart in the right place: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. have one's heart in the right place, have one's heart in the right place: Collins English Dictionary
  3. have one's heart in the right place: Wiktionary
  4. have one's heart in the right place, have ones heart in the right place: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (have one's heart in the right place)

verb:  (idiomatic) To have good intentions.


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