here's to

Idioms

One salutes someone or something. For example, Here's to Bill on his retirement, or Here's to the new project. This phrase, nearly always used as a toast to someone or something, is a shortening of here's a health to and has been so used since the late 1500s. Shakespeare had it in Romeo and Juliet (5:3): “Here's to my Love.”

Example Sentences

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Here’s to hoping it signals a new and continued interest by the feds in holding programs—in all states—to far better account.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here’s to a lifetime of dopamine modulation, I guess.

From Slate

Here's to a long, healthy life for us all!

From Science Daily

While I’m bummed about the Rams’ finish, here’s to 2025-26, the best NFL season in recent memory.

From Los Angeles Times

“Here’s to happiness for us—and for all Cubans!”

From Literature

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