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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. tug at your heartstrings to cause strong feelings of affection or sympathy. He looked into his son's smiling eyes and felt a tug on his heartstrings. Usage notes: sometimes used with other verbs: The stories he told plucked at your heartstrings. See also: tug |
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``When you get that yank on your heartstring, then you've got a winner. He adds that most wood producers now concede that good citizenship is rapidly becoming good business, and few are willing to hedge their bets that environmentalism is on the wane, especially when it comes to heartstring issues like air, water, wildlife, and healthy forests. I try and pull on that heartstring a little bit," he admits. |
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