play on someone's heartstrings
play on someone's heartstrings · plays on someone's heartstrings · played on someone's heartstrings · playing on someone's heartstrings
To produce a strong emotional effect on someone, especially of compassion, love or sadnessTo produce a strong emotional effect on someone, especially of compassion, love or sadness.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To produce a strong emotional effect on someone, especially of compassion, love or sadness.
Forms
plays on someone's heartstrings, playing on someone's heartstrings, played on someone's heartstrings, played on someone's heartstrings| Base form | play on someone's heartstrings · to play on someone's heartstrings |
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| 3rd person singular | plays on someone's heartstrings |
| Present participle | playing on someone's heartstrings |
| Past simple | played on someone's heartstrings |
| Past participle | played on someone's heartstrings |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | play on someone's heartstrings |
| he, she, it | plays on someone's heartstrings |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | played on someone's heartstrings |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have played on someone's heartstrings |
| he, she, it | has played on someone's heartstrings |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will play on someone's heartstrings |
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.