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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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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

Curse the day I ever saw India, and triple-curse this system of ours that enabled them to lay finger on me in a moving train and transfer me to this funeral procession!

From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Mundy, Talbot

“Len’s appointed me special dep’ty till he comes back, and he says nobody is to lay finger on hide ner hair of the corpse; not even the doc, if he comes.”

From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

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)

No man moved to lay finger on him.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice

lay finger on

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