Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had one's finger on the pulse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
had one's fin-ger on the pulse
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
2
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does had one's finger on the pulse mean?
simple past and past participle of have one's finger on the pulse

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