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thumb

noun as in finger

verb as in finger

verb as in handle

verb as in hitchhike

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in leaf

verb as in manipulate

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I had to develop a feel for how to grip the blade, pinched between my thumb and index finger, just above the handle for control.

Only then did he provide the code to a safe that held a “hard-wired” crypto wallet stored on a thumb drive, Brownstone told the judge.

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Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

“They need to have a plan, and more than a rule of thumb and arbitrary goals, to live out their retirement.”

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“The rule of thumb is, if you put your hand up in the direction that the light is coming and you see a shadow, that is enough light for the plant to sense,” she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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