Finger
Finger verb - To find out or establish the identity of.
Usage example: thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town
Spot and finger are semantically related. in identify topic. In some cases you can use "Spot" instead the word "Finger" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| nice | nice finger | nice spot |
| specific | specific finger | specific spot |
| right | right finger | right spot |
| correct | correct finger | correct spot |
| Other adjectives: single, small, large, big, huge, wrong, little, bad, glowing, final, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Flipping the Bird: When they spot you, the Hands in Blood II will gleefully stop, "stand" on their wrists and give you the one-finger salute.
Source: Video Game / Blood -
Clownpiece in Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom has her costume based on the American flag as a giant middle finger to the lunarians, who have the Apollo missions as a bit of a sore spot.
Source: Wearing a Flag on Your Head -
When Elektra sticks her index finger into a sore spot on his back (where during Miller's run decades past by now she'd stabbed him), he turns into a nervous wreck.
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