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tugged at someone's heartstrings

tugged at someone's heartstrings is the simple past and past participle of tug at someone's heartstrings.

Meaning of tug at 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.

Questions about tugged at someone's heartstrings

What is tugged at someone's heartstrings the simple past and past participle of?
Tugged at someone's heartstrings is the simple past and past participle of tug at someone's heartstrings.

Words near tugged at someone's heartstrings in the dictionary

  1. Tugbok
  2. Tugela
  3. tuggable
  4. tugged
  5. tugged at someone's heart strings
  6. tugged at someone's heartstrings
  7. tugged one's forelock
  8. tugger
  9. Tuggerah
  10. Tuggeranong
  11. Tuggerawong

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