at one's fingertips
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Ready at hand, immediately available. This idiom is used both literally, as in This new dashboard design keeps all the important controls at the driver's fingertips, and figuratively, as in Tom was so familiar with the proposal that he had all the details at his fingertips. [Second half of 1800s]
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby at one's fingertips
at one's, at one's best, at one's convenience, at one's door, at one's ease, at one's fingertips, at one's leisure, at one stroke, at one's wit's end, at one's word, at one time
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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