Meanings
- idiomaticA 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 732 more examples
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 261Another 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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