pull at someone's heart strings
pull at someone's heart strings is the alternative form of pull at someone's heartstrings.
Meaning of pull at someone's heartstrings
Verb
pull at someone's heartstrings (third-person singular simple present pulls at someone's heartstrings, present participle pulling at someone's heartstrings, simple past and past participle pulled at someone's heartstrings)
- Synonym of play on someone's heartstrings.
- “These videos don’t pull at the heartstrings; they make these people look like animals in a zoo instead of individuals that need help,” said Dr Geri-Lynn Utter, a clinical psychologist specializing in addiction.2023 December 17, Olivia Empson, quoting Dr Geri-Lynn Utter, “‘Tranq tourism’: alarm in Philadelphia as TikTokers travel to film drug users”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- play on someone's heartstrings
Forms of pull at someone's heart strings
| third-person singular present | pulls at someone's heart strings |
|---|---|
| present participle | pulling at someone's heart strings |
| past participle | pulled at someone's heart strings |
| past | pulled at someone's heart strings |
Questions about pull at someone's heart strings
- What is pull at someone's heart strings the alternative form of?
- Pull at someone's heart strings is the alternative form of pull at someone's heartstrings.
Words near pull at someone's heart strings in the dictionary
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