here's to

phrase

A phrase used before drinking a toast.

“Cheers! Here's to our future, and here's to absent friends!”

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Meanings

phrase
  1. idiomaticA phrase used before drinking a toast.

    Cheers! Here's to our future, and here's to absent friends!

    2 more examples

    So ‘ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; ⁠You're a pore benighted ‘eathen but a first-class fightin’ man; An’ ‘ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, with your ‘ayrick 'ead of ‘air— You big black boundin’ beggar—for you broke a British square!

    1919, Rudyard Kipling, “Fuzzy Wuzzy”

    And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson Jesus loves you more than you will know Whoa, whoa, whoa

    1968 April 5, Paul Simon, “Mrs. Robinson”, in Bookends, performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cheers

Origin

Shortening of "Here is a toast to […] ".

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Translations

German auf
  • aufphrase used before drinking a toast
Irish faoi thuairim
  • faoi thuairimphrase used before drinking a toast
Spanish brindo por, brindemos por
  • brindo porphrase used before drinking a toast
  • brindemos porphrase used before drinking a toast
Cite this entry
APA

here's to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/here's%20to

MLA

“here's to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/here's%20to. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “here's to,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/here's%20to.

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