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pulling at someone's heartstrings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
pulling at -some-one's -heart-strings
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pull at someone's heartstrings

Questions

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

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