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Strike a chord   /straɪk ə kɔrd/   Listen
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



... 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



Words linked to "Strike a chord" :   come across, move, raise, provoke, affect, evoke, kindle, enkindle, resonate, fire, strike, arouse, elicit, impress



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