Speakur

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pull at someone's heart strings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
pul-l at -some-one's -heart strings
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of pull at someone's heartstrings.

Inflected Forms

pulls at someone's heart strings (present, singular) pulling at someone's heart strings (participle, present) pulled at someone's heart strings (participle, past) pulled at someone's heart strings (past)

Questions

What does pull at someone's heart strings mean?
Alternative form of pull at someone's heartstrings.

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