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- verb Used other than as an idiom: see
lift ,finger . - verb idiomatic To make
minimal effort ; to help as little as possible.
Etymologies
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Compare 1769, Oxford Standard text, King James Bible, Matthew, xxiii, 4 — For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
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