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Strike a chord
/straɪk
ə
kɔrd/
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Strike a chord
verb
1.
Create an emotional response.
2.
Refer to or be relevant or familiar to.
Synonyms:
hit home
,
strike a note
,
strike home
.
3.
Evoke a reaction, response, or emotion.
Synonym:
touch a chord
.
"The storyteller touched a chord"
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"Strike a chord" Quotes from Famous Books
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fine example of the all-around American high-school boy. His fondness for clean, honest sport of all kinds will
strike a chord
of sympathy among
...
— The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire - or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol • Herbert Carter
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