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put a finger to the wind

put a finger to the wind verb: to gauge current opinions, trends, or circumstances before making a decision.

Verb

put a finger to the wind (third-person singular simple present puts a finger to the wind, present participle putting a finger to the wind, simple past and past participle put a finger to the wind)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To gauge current opinions, trends, or circumstances before making a decision.

Forms of put a finger to the wind

third-person singular presentputs a finger to the wind
present participleputting a finger to the wind
past participleput a finger to the wind
pastput a finger to the wind

Questions about put a finger to the wind

What does put a finger to the wind mean?
Put a finger to the wind means to gauge current opinions, trends, or circumstances before making a decision.
What part of speech is put a finger to the wind?
Put a finger to the wind is a verb.
What is the past tense of put a finger to the wind?
The past tense of put a finger to the wind is put a finger to the wind.

Words near put a finger to the wind in the dictionary

  1. put a civil tongue in one's mouth
  2. put a cork in it
  3. put a crimp in
  4. put a damper on
  5. put a dent in the universe
  6. put a finger to the wind
  7. put a foot wrong
  8. put a gun to someone's head
  9. put a hat on a hat
  10. put a hurt on
  11. put a lid on

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