Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put the finger on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: put the fin-ger on
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of finger (“to report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on”)

Example Sentences

""And for God's sake watch out. And I mean it. The Big Man'll get you if he possibly can and a police escort to the train would only put the finger on you. Take a cab and keep out of sight.""

Inflected Forms

puts the finger on (present, singular) putting the finger on (participle, present)

Synonyms

finger

Questions

What does put the finger on mean?: Synonym of finger (“to report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on”)

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