Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)Synonym of finger (“to report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on”)

Examples

3697 sentences

  1. Don't put it on my desk.

    Не клади його мені на стіл. — deniko

    ruНе на моей парте! — Olya

    deLeg es nicht auf meinen Schreibtisch! — Manfredo

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  2. Put the book on the desk.

    Поклади книжку на стіл. — deniko

    ruПоложи книгу на стол. — marafon

    deLeg das Buch auf den Schreibtisch. — MUIRIEL

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  3. Put the gun on the table.

    Поклади пістолет на стіл. — deniko

    ruПоложи пистолет на стол. — Gruzilkin

    deLeg die Pistole auf den Tisch. — MUIRIEL

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  4. He put his thoughts on paper.

    Він виклав свої думки на папері. — deniko

    ruОн изложил свои мысли на бумаге. — marafon

    deEr brachte seine Gedanken zu Papier. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. Don't put books on the table.

    Не клади книги на стіл. — deniko

    ruНе клади книги на стол. — sharptoothed

    deLeg keine Bücher auf den Tisch. — MUIRIEL

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Forms

puts the finger on, putting the finger on, put the finger on, put the finger on
Base formput the finger on · to put the finger on
3rd person singularputs the finger on
Present participleputting the finger on
Past simpleput the finger on
Past participleput the finger on

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyput the finger on
he, she, itputs the finger on

Past simpleLesson

all personsput the finger on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave put the finger on
he, she, ithas put the finger on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill put the finger on

Synonyms

1 synonyms
fingerB1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pussyfootpustuleputA1putativeputridputt

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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