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out of one's fingers

out of one's fingers prepositional phrase: that has escaped or been carelessly let go.

Prepositional phrase

out of one's fingers

  1. (idiomatic) That has escaped or been carelessly let go.

Questions about out of one's fingers

What does out of one's fingers mean?
Out of one's fingers means that has escaped or been carelessly let go.
What part of speech is out of one's fingers?
Out of one's fingers is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of one's fingers in the dictionary

  1. out of one's box
  2. out of one's cotton-picking mind
  3. out of one's depth
  4. out of one's element
  5. out of one's face
  6. out of one's fingers
  7. out of one's gourd
  8. out of one's hands
  9. out of one's head
  10. out of one's league
  11. out of one's mind

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