# here's to

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/heres-to
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A phrase used before drinking a toast.

## Examples

- Here's to your new job and your future success.
- Everyone raised their glasses as the host said, here's to a wonderful year ahead for all of us.
- As the celebration reached its peak, he stood up to offer a final toast, saying, here's to the friends who have supported us through every challenge.

## Origin

The expression is a shortening of "Here is a toast to," reduced for brevity when one's arm is already occupied with the lifting of a glass. It preserves the adverb Here as the functional anchor of the salutation.

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