Pull on
Else clues• ___ one's heartstrings
• Affect, as heartstrings
• Appeal to, as heartstrings
• Draw a little at a time?
• Gently pull on
• Gently yank
• Pull
• Pull lightly
• 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