- strike (or touch) a chord
- strike (or touch) a chordaffect or stir someone's emotions.→ chording
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strike (or touch) a chord
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touch a chord — ► strike (or touch) a chord affect or stir someone s emotions. Main Entry: ↑chord … English terms dictionary
strike/touch a chord — ◇ If something strikes/touches a chord in/with you, you think that it is true and have strong feelings about it. Her comments about political corruption clearly struck a chord with many voters. • • • Main Entry: ↑chord … Useful english dictionary
touch a chord (with someone) — strike/touch/a chord (with someone) phrase to produce an emotion such as sympathy in someone Her tale of woe struck a chord with Edward. Thesaurus: to make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotionssynonym Main entry: chord … Useful english dictionary
touch a chord (with somebody) — strike/touch a ˈchord (with sb) idiom to say or do sth that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm • The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience. Main entry: ↑chordidiom … Useful english dictionary
touch a chord — verb evoke a reaction, response, or emotion this writer strikes a chord with young women The storyteller touched a chord • Syn: ↑strike a chord • Hypernyms: ↑arouse, ↑elicit, ↑enkindle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
touch a chord — if something strikes a chord with someone, they are interested in it and like it because it is connected with their own lives or opinions. Clearly the book has struck a chord, as we can see from the hundreds of letters we have received from… … New idioms dictionary
chord — Ⅰ. chord [1] ► NOUN ▪ a group of three or more notes sounded together in harmony. DERIVATIVES chordal adjective. ORIGIN from ACCORD(Cf. ↑accord); the spelling was influenced by CHORD(Cf. ↑chord … English terms dictionary
strike a chord — ► strike (or touch) a chord affect or stir someone s emotions. Main Entry: ↑chord … English terms dictionary
strike a chord — verb 1. create an emotional response (Freq. 1) The music struck a chord with the listeners • Hypernyms: ↑resonate, ↑come across • Verb Frames: Somebody s Something is ing PP … Useful english dictionary
chord — chord1 noun a group of notes (usually three or more) sounded together in harmony. verb [usu. as noun chording] play, sing, or arrange notes in chords. Derivatives chordal adjective Origin ME cord, from accord; the spelling changed due to… … English new terms dictionary
