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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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They could not understand how any one who could handle a gun or a musical instrument could lay finger on a book.

From Madelon A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

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

Even you, holy Father, so fertile in wise plans, shall scarce, methinks, be able to lay finger on him.”

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

And flaw in the emblazoned scroll there was none that I could lay finger on; only in my secret heart was the one sinister line traced—surely traced, as I remorsefully reflected.

From Tales of Destiny by Mitchell, Edmund

You can't lay finger on man, woman, or child in this Colony, and, by God, you sha'n't!

From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)