TUGAT

Gently pull on

• ___ one's heartstrings

• Affect, as heartstrings

• Appeal to, as heartstrings

• Draw a little at a time?

• Gently yank

• Pull

• Pull lightly

• Pull on

• Pull on, as a child might to a parent's clothing

• Pull vigorously on

• Pull with effort

• What Carol Burnett would do with her ear