Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulling at someone's heart strings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
pulling at -some-one's -heart strings
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pull at someone's heart strings

Questions

What does pulling at someone's heart strings mean?
present participle and gerund of pull at someone's heart strings

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