lay finger on
Example Sentences
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Woe betide the person other than Antony’s self who ventured to lay finger on the garment.
From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie
They could not understand how any one who could handle a gun or a musical instrument could lay finger on a book.
From Madelon A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
In the flush of his masterfulness he would not permit them to lay finger on dish, pot, or pan.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman
I was equally polite on my part, inly resolving, that henceforward Austrian douanier should not lay finger on my note-book.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken
No man Would dare lay finger on him!
From Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet by Dargan, Olive Tilford
