not lift a finger
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But the Mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, could not lift a finger to help the city he was first elected to run in 2019.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
I was told in clear terms that their boss would not lift a finger to support me.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Durbin, of course, also has the power to resist that pressure and not lift a finger.
From Slate ● May 10, 2023
On our last night together, he insisted I not lift a finger, so he made dinner and decided on “The Matrix.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2021
I would not lift a finger to help you, and I am not over sure that I could even guide you back, if it came to that.
From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Sir Hugh Charles Clifford
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