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let one's fingers do the walking

let one's fingers do the walking verb: to use the phone or internet to find information, contact someone, or make a purchase instead of physically traveling to a store or location.

Verb

let one's fingers do the walking (third-person singular simple present lets one's fingers do the walking, present participle letting one's fingers do the walking, simple past and past participle let one's fingers do the walking)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To use the phone or internet to find information, contact someone, or make a purchase instead of physically traveling to a store or location.

Forms of let one's fingers do the walking

third-person singular presentlets one's fingers do the walking
present participleletting one's fingers do the walking
past participlelet one's fingers do the walking
pastlet one's fingers do the walking

Questions about let one's fingers do the walking

What does let one's fingers do the walking mean?
Let one's fingers do the walking means to use the phone or internet to find information, contact someone, or make a purchase instead of physically traveling to a store or location.
What part of speech is let one's fingers do the walking?
Let one's fingers do the walking is a verb.
What is the past tense of let one's fingers do the walking?
The past tense of let one's fingers do the walking is let one's fingers do the walking.

Words near let one's fingers do the walking in the dictionary

  1. let on
  2. let one go
  3. let one loose
  4. let one off
  5. let one rip
  6. let one's fingers do the walking
  7. let one's guard down
  8. let one's hair down
  9. let one's nuts hang
  10. let one's short back and sides down
  11. let oneself go

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