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put one's finger on

  1. Identify, as in I can't put my finger on the man in that photo . [Late 1800s]



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Also, lay one's finger on .
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It’s hard to put one’s finger on the cultural significance of Carlson’s conniption or Mars Wrigley’s retreat.

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It’s hard to put one’s finger on it exactly.

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One can’t quite put one’s finger on the changes: nothing radical or vulgar you understand, just aggressive tweaking: new carpeting, upholstery, lighting and fabrics.

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But in a way that was a little hard to put one’s finger on, something felt a little off.

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Posner is trying something different, it seems, with his latest Shakespeare production for the Folger, “The Winter’s Tale,†and what that constitutes is hard to put one’s finger on — and harder to like.

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