Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of pull one's finger out (“to stop wasting time; to get to work”).

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Pull your finger out!

  2. "What's the score?" "We're one-nil down." "How long left?" "Ten minutes plus stoppage time." "They'd better pull their finger out, then."

    «Який рахунок?» — «Нуль-один, ми програємо». — «Скільки часу лишилося?» — «Десять хвилин, плюс можливий доданий час». — «Тоді їм треба взяти волю в кулак і напружитися». — deniko

    de„Wie steht’s?“ – „Wir sind eins zu null im Rückstand.“ – „Wie lange wird noch gespielt?“ – „Zehn Minuten plus Nachspielzeit.“ – „Dann müssen die mal Dampf machen!“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I pulled Tom's finger, and the lightbulb he was holding in the other hand lit up.

    deIch zog an Toms Finger, worauf die Glühbirne, die er in der anderen Hand hielt, zu leuchten begann. — brauchinet

Forms

pulls finger, pulling finger, pulled finger, pulled finger
Base formpull finger · to pull finger
3rd person singularpulls finger
Present participlepulling finger
Past simplepulled finger
Past participlepulled finger

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypull finger
he, she, itpulls finger

Past simpleLesson

all personspulled finger

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pulled finger
he, she, ithas pulled finger

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pull finger

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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