tug at someone's heartstrings (English, verb)
expansion: tug at someone's heartstrings (third-person singular simple present tugs at someone's heartstrings, present participle tugging at someone's heartstrings, simple past and past participle tugged at someone's heartstrings)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of play on someone's heartstrings.
Forms:
form: tugs at someone's heartstrings
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tugging at someone's heartstrings
tags: participle
present
form: tugged at someone's heartstrings
tags: participle
past
form: tugged at someone's heartstrings
tags: past
form: tug at someone's heart strings
tags: alternative