put finger on
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At sight of him she put finger on lip, and, rising, carried the child to her bed.
From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
"I should not like to have at home the dangerous cattle Marlboro' can put finger on."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various