What does finger in the dyke mean?

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finger in the dyke

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

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fingers in the dyke (plural) finger in a dike (alternative) finger in a dyke (alternative) finger in the dike (alternative)

put one's finger in the dyke

What does finger in the dyke mean?: An attempt to delay a worse consequence from occurring.

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