CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT

Meaning of CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT in English

cannot remember the exact words

I know the answer, but I can't put my finger on it.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT — cannot remember the exact words I know the answer, but I can't put my finger on it.
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ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAN — I. modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer bottle/can (= a bottle/can for beer ) ▪ Empty beer cans …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MY — I. Etymology: Middle English my, mi, min, from Old English mīn, suppletive gen. of ic I obsolete possessive of i …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FINGER — I. ˈfiŋgə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fingar finger, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAN — I. _kən, (|)kan; esp after a stressed vowel _k ə ŋ; esp in NewEng (|) ke(ə)n; esp dial (|) kin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FINGER — — fingerer , n. — fingerless , adj. /fing"geuhr/ , n. 1. any of the terminal members of the hand, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAN — can 1 /kan/ ; unstressed /keuhn/ , auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. can , 2nd can or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINGER — I. ˈfiŋ-gər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fingar finger Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAN — I. kən, ˈkan also ˈken; dialect ˈkin verb ( past could kəd, ˈku̇d ; present singular & plural can ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
FINGER — vt to touch lightly; to toy with. 2. finger ·vt to execute, as any delicate work. 3. finger ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FINGER — [fin.ger] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG fingar finger] (bef. 12c) 1: any of the five terminating members of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FINGER — ancient measure of 1/8 yard, or 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm), used primarily to measure lengths of cloth. The finger …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAN — I . / kən; NAmE ; kæn/ modal verb —see also can (II) ( negative can·not / ˈkænɒt; NAmE -nɑːt/, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINGER — / ˈfɪŋgə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. one of the four long thin parts that stick out …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MY — I. my 1 S1 W1 /maɪ/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘I’] 1 . used by the person who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FINGER — I. fin ‧ ger 1 S2 W2 /ˈfɪŋɡə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAN — I. can 1 S1 W1 /kən; strong kæn/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form can’t ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FINGER — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the terminal projections of the hand (including or excluding the thumb). 2 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FINGER — n. & v. n. 1 any of the terminal projections of the hand (including or excluding the thumb). 2 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUT
Oxford English vocab
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1. of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Oxford English vocab
FINGER — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the terminal projections of the hand (including or excluding the thumb). 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
CAN — 1. v.aux. (3rd sing. present can; past could) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in …
Oxford English vocab
CAN — I. MODAL USES /kən, STRONG kæn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'My' is the first person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINGER — ( fingers, fingering, fingered) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your fingers …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES can/can't cope ▪ Older people can't cope so well with the heat. don't expect miracles ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FINGER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be caught with your hands/fingers in the till (= to be caught stealing from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FINGER — [noun] [C] - any of the long thin jointed parts of the hand, esp. those which are not thumbsHe noticed …
Cambridge English vocab
PUT
Longman Activator English vocab
PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINGER — n. 1 digit How many fingers am I holding up? 2 have a finger in be or become or get …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
T — I сокр. от temperature температура II сокр. от tension напряжение; натяжение III сокр. от t - true истинный 20-я буква …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — сущ.; мн. Ts, T's двадцатая буква англ. алфавита mark with a T ист. ≈ выжигать вору клеймо в виде буквы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MY — мест.; притяж.; как прил. 1) мой, моя, мое, мои; принадлежащий мне (ср. mine) 2) используется в обращении, придает обращению ласковый, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FINGER
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CAN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — n ( pl Ts, t's ti:z ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1> серийный номер 20 или 19 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUT
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MY — my.ogg maı poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. mine) 1. мой, моя, моё, мои; принадлежащий мне; свой where is …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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