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tug at someone's heart strings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
tug at -some-one's -heart strings
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of tug at someone's heartstrings.

Inflected Forms

tugs at someone's heart strings (present, singular) tugging at someone's heart strings (participle, present) tugged at someone's heart strings (participle, past) tugged at someone's heart strings (past)

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

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