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pulls at someone's heartstrings

pulls at someone's heartstrings is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

  1. 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

Questions about pulls at someone's heartstrings

What is pulls at someone's heartstrings the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls at someone's heartstrings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull at someone's heartstrings.

Words near pulls at someone's heartstrings in the dictionary

  1. pulls ahead
  2. pulls an all-nighter
  3. pulls apart
  4. pulls aside
  5. pulls at someone's heart strings
  6. pulls at someone's heartstrings
  7. pulls away
  8. pulls back
  9. pulls back the curtain
  10. pulls down
  11. pulls down a notch

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