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have one's fingers all thumbs

have one's fingers all thumbs verb: to be clumsy; to lack dexterity.

Verb

have one's fingers all thumbs (third-person singular simple present has one's fingers all thumbs, present participle having one's fingers all thumbs, simple past and past participle had one's fingers all thumbs)

  1. To be clumsy; to lack dexterity.

Forms of have one's fingers all thumbs

third-person singular presenthas one's fingers all thumbs
present participlehaving one's fingers all thumbs
past participlehad one's fingers all thumbs
pasthad one's fingers all thumbs

Questions about have one's fingers all thumbs

What does have one's fingers all thumbs mean?
Have one's fingers all thumbs means to be clumsy; to lack dexterity.
What part of speech is have one's fingers all thumbs?
Have one's fingers all thumbs is a verb.
What is the past tense of have one's fingers all thumbs?
The past tense of have one's fingers all thumbs is had one's fingers all thumbs.

Words near have one's fingers all thumbs in the dictionary

  1. have one's ears pinned back
  2. have one's eye on
  3. have one's fill
  4. have one's finger on the pulse
  5. have one's finger on the trigger
  6. have one's fingers all thumbs
  7. have one's fingers in many pies
  8. have one's fingers in the till
  9. have one's fingers on the pulse
  10. have one's foot in the door
  11. have one's guard up

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