tug at (someone's) sleeve

Translations
тянуть за (чей-то) рукав
The child tugged at his mother's sleeve to get her attention.
Ребенок тянул за рукав матери, чтобы привлечь ее внимание.
Definitions
To attract someone's attention or to signal to them, often in a gentle or subtle manner, by physically pulling on their clothing, typically the sleeve of a shirt or jacket.
Words
tug

verb
дергать
at

preposition
за
someone

pronoun
кто-то
s

article or possessive pronoun
чей-то
sleeve

noun
рукав