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lay finger on

VERB

particularize

Synonyms

STRONG

agree arrange bargain condition contract covenant designate detail engage guarantee impose make name pledge postulate promise provide require settle slot specify state

WEAK

insist upon lay down make a point pin down put down for specificate specificize spell out

Antonyms

STRONG

break break off calculate confuse decline disagree discourage mix up refuse

VERB

stipulate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

designate guarantee impose lay down provide require specify spell out

STRONG

agree arrange bargain condition contract covenant detail engage make name particularize pledge postulate promise settle slot state

WEAK

insist upon make a point pin down put down for specificate specificize

Antonyms

STRONG

break break off calculate confuse decline disagree discourage mix up refuse

WEAK

imply wish

Example Sentences

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How could I miss so good a chance to see that tawny youngster, when I knew I should not lay finger on it?

From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne

I was equally polite on my part, inly resolving, that henceforward Austrian douanier should not lay finger on my note-book.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken

No man moved to lay finger on him.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice

Woe betide the person other than Antony’s self who ventured to lay finger on the garment.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie

Without rhyme or reason that doctors or mother could lay finger on, the little mite just grew thinner and more peevish day by day, and visibly faded under their eyes.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia

lay finger on

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