touch a chord

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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, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s