Finger
Finger verb - To find out or establish the identity of.
Manipulate is a synonym for finger in touch topic. In some cases you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Finger", when it comes to topics like activity, examine, touch lightly.
Common collocations
| someone | finger someone | manipulate someone |
Both words in one sentence
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Po from Kung Fu Panda learns the Wuxi finger hold, and a technique to manipulate water droplets after watching them once.
Source: Power Copying -
Thus he's easy for Edmund to manipulate and wrap around his little finger.
Source: Theatre / King Lear -
Finger Poke of Doom: Miles demonstrates the power of a single finger to Super Soldier Taura, by having her use just one finger to manipulate the temperature control on Baron Ryoval's high-security freezers — the heart of his biotech empire.
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