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long finger

noun

  1. put something on the long finger
    to postpone something for a long time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“I don’t know if I have a long finger or it’s just because I’ve been doing it my whole life. When I show guys my grip, a lot of them can like kind of get it, but they don’t get the same pressure that I do.”

He crooks a long finger under my chin, tilting my head up so that my eyes meet his, light brown flecked with gray.

If you’re gripping a virtual item, the long finger actuators will stiffen, creating a sensation of resistance.

“Because, look’ee here, dear boy,” he said, dropping his voice, and laying a long finger on my breast in an impressive manner, “caution is necessary.”

Pointing that long finger up in the air.

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Longfellow, Henry WadsworthLongford