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put the finger on
put the finger on someone
and lay the finger on someoneSl. to accuse someone; to identify someone as the one who did something. Tom put the finger on John, and John is really mad. He'd better not lay the finger on me. I didn't do it.
put the finger on somebody
(very informal) to tell someone in authority, especially the police, that someone has committed a crime If Big Joe finds out you put the finger on him, you won't live long enough to spend the reward money.
put the finger on
Inform on, as in
The witness put the finger on the defendant. [
Slang; c. 1920] Also see
put one's finger on.
put the finger on
Slang To inform on: The witness put the finger on the killer.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Jon (2) | | JAHN | English |
Bowles | | [bəulz] | |
Terence | | ['terəns] | |
Ivor | | IE-vawr (English), EE-vawr (English) | Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British) |
Taffy | | - | Welsh |
Mirela | | - | Romanian, Croatian |