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finger in the wind

finger in the wind is the alternative form of finger to the wind.

Meaning of finger to the wind

Noun

finger to the wind (countable and uncountable, plural fingers to the wind)

  1. (idiomatic) An attention to or focus on or awareness of current or prevailing trends, public opinion, or shifting circumstances.
    • A crafty man-of-the-world keeps his finger to the wind.

Forms of finger in the wind

pluralfingers in the wind

Questions about finger in the wind

What is finger in the wind the alternative form of?
Finger in the wind is the alternative form of finger to the wind.

Words near finger in the wind in the dictionary

  1. finger in a dyke
  2. finger in the air
  3. finger in the dike
  4. finger in the dyke
  5. finger in the pie
  6. finger in the wind
  7. finger joint
  8. finger joints
  9. finger lake
  10. finger lakes
  11. finger language

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finger in the wind (page history and authors); finger to the wind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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