tear at someone's heartstrings

tear at someone's heartstrings
tug/pull/tear/at someone’s heartstrings phrase
to make someone feel a lot of love or sympathy
Thesaurus: to make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotionssynonym
Main entry: heartstrings

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  • tug at someone's heartstrings — tug/pull/tear/at someone’s heartstrings phrase to make someone feel a lot of love or sympathy Thesaurus: to make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotionssynonym Main entry: heartstrings …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull at someone's heartstrings — tug/pull/tear/at someone’s heartstrings phrase to make someone feel a lot of love or sympathy Thesaurus: to make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotionssynonym Main entry: heartstrings …   Useful english dictionary

  • heartstrings — heart|strings [ hart,strıŋz ] noun tug/pull/tear at someone s heartstrings to make someone feel a lot of love or sympathy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • heartstrings — UK [ˈhɑː(r)tˌstrɪŋz] / US [ˈhɑrtˌstrɪŋz] noun tug/pull/tear at someone s heartstrings to make someone feel a lot of love or sympathy …   English dictionary

  • tear at (your) heartstrings — tear/tug at (your) heartstrings if something or someone tugs at your heartstrings, they make you feel strong love or sympathy. It s the story of a lost child guaranteed to tug at the heartstrings …   New idioms dictionary

  • heartstrings — noun (plural) tug /tear at sb s heartstrings to make someone feel strong love or sympathy …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tug at (your) heartstrings — tear/tug at (your) heartstrings if something or someone tugs at your heartstrings, they make you feel strong love or sympathy. It s the story of a lost child guaranteed to tug at the heartstrings …   New idioms dictionary

  • heartstrings — heart|strings [ˈha:tˌstrıŋz US ˈha:rt ] n [plural] tug/tear/pull at sb s heartstrings to make someone feel strong love or sympathy …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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