to pull at or touch sb's heartstrings

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• move — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. transport, impel, actuate, incite, arouse, influence, propose; stir, act; remove. See cause, excitement, offer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. motility, transit, progress; see movement 1 , 2 . • get a move… …   English dictionary for students

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• wrench — v 1. twist, turn, pull, jerk, yank, tug, force, tear, rip. 2. strain, wrick, overstrain, sprain, throw out of joint. 3. distress, hurt, trouble, perturb, harrow; tug or yank at one s heartstrings, break one s heart, cut to the heart, make one s… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• move — v 1. budge, stir, change place or position; shift, yield, give way, move over. 2. flit, fly, hie, hop, dart; zoom, vroom, whoosh, sweep, skim, skim along, Sl. breeze in or out or along; wend, meander, gad, gad about. 3. advance, progress, go, go… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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• affect — I v 1. influence, sway, act on, play on, work on, impress upon, impact upon, effect; change, alter, modify, transform; concern, interest, be of interest to, be of importance to, apply to, relate to, pertain to. 2. touch, stir, move, soften, melt …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder