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lay a finger on

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lay a finger on someone/something
to touch or harm someone or something. Honestly, I never laid a finger on him, he just fell over. (usually negative) If you so much as lay a finger on my sister, I'll break your arm!
See also: finger, lay
lay a finger on someone
to touch someone as a threat of hurting them. If you so much as lay a finger on my sister, I'll break your arm!
See also: finger, lay
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That dog of yourn won't let me lay a finger on your stuff.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
Search us if you like; search every scrap and stitch we possess; but you dare to lay a finger on us without a warrant
The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
I'll not leave a handful of that dark hair upon your head, if you lay a finger on me
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
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