tug at heartstrings

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tug at your heartstrings also pull on 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: heartstring, tug

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