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finger in the pie en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A share in the doing of something; involvement.
    • The Foundation had, however, decided to keep a finger in the pie and to pay its share in the running costs of the school. 2012, H. Liebaers, Mostly in the Line of Duty: Thirty Years with Books, page 73:
    • They informed us that the cause of her committing this rash deed was a dispute with her mistress, but on further inquiry it appears that Cupid had a finger in the pie. 1842, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 26, page 261:
    • Another possibly more lucrative finger in India’s pie for Musk could be Starlink, the satellite internet technology operated by his SpaceX company. 2025 March 7, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Could Elon Musk’s newfound political influence help him finally crack India?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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