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tug at someone's heartstrings

tug at someone's heartstrings verb: synonym of play on someone's heartstrings.

Verb

tug at someone's heartstrings (third-person singular simple present tugs at someone's heartstrings, present participle tugging at someone's heartstrings, simple past and past participle tugged at someone's heartstrings)

  1. Synonym of play on someone's heartstrings.

Synonyms of tug at someone's heartstrings

Forms of tug at someone's heartstrings

third-person singular presenttugs at someone's heartstrings
present participletugging at someone's heartstrings
past participletugged at someone's heartstrings
pasttugged at someone's heartstrings
alternative formtug at someone's heart strings

Questions about tug at someone's heartstrings

What does tug at someone's heartstrings mean?
Tug at someone's heartstrings means synonym of play on someone's heartstrings.
What part of speech is tug at someone's heartstrings?
Tug at someone's heartstrings is a verb.
What is the past tense of tug at someone's heartstrings?
The past tense of tug at someone's heartstrings is tugged at someone's heartstrings.

Words near tug at someone's heartstrings in the dictionary

  1. tuftsins
  2. tufty
  3. TUFU
  4. tug
  5. tug at someone's heart strings
  6. tug at someone's heartstrings
  7. tug boat
  8. tug boats
  9. tug of love
  10. tug of war
  11. tug of wars

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