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Strike a chord

verb

Create an emotional response.

Refer to or be relevant or familiar to. Synonyms: hit home, strike a note, strike home.

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