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put your finger on something
idiom
C2
to discover the exact reason why a situation is the way it is, especially when something is wrong: 确切地指出（尤指不对劲的地方）
There's something odd about him, but I can't quite put my finger on it.他有点儿不对劲，但我说不出到底是什么。
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put your finger on something | American Dictionary
put your finger on something
idiom
to know or understand something, and be able to say exactly what it is:
Something seemed to be wrong, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
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