put (one's) finger on it
1put\ one's\ finger\ on — • put one s finger on • lay one s finger on v. phr. To find exactly. The engineers couldn t put their fingers on the reason for the rocket s failure to orbit. We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short… …
2put one's finger on — ► put one s finger on identify exactly. Main Entry: ↑finger …
3put one's finger on — also[lay one s finger on] {v. phr.} To find exactly. * /The engineers couldn t put their fingers on the reason for the rocket s failure to orbit./ * /We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit./ …
4put one's finger on — also[lay one s finger on] {v. phr.} To find exactly. * /The engineers couldn t put their fingers on the reason for the rocket s failure to orbit./ * /We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit./ …
5put one's finger on — phrasal identify < put his finger on the cause of the trouble > …
6put one's finger on — verb To identify, specify, name or pick out (usually negative) There’s something wrong, but I can’t put my finger on it …
7put one's finger on — phrasal : discover, identify put his finger on the cause of the trouble …
8put one's finger on — identify (something) exactly. → finger …
9put one's finger on smth — locate precisely, remember exactly I was unable to put my finger on the exact date of his arrival …
10put one's finger on something — identify something exactly he cannot put his finger on what has gone wrong …
