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long finger

British

noun

to postpone something for a long time

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long finger

Over the next six decades, as the glacier retreated, the wedge expanded into a long finger, and the size of the lake grew twelvefold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

They work: The long finger of the Otago Peninsula, once overrun with possums, is now almost free of them.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025

Pointing that long finger up in the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2021

The pad is currently being constructed on the Kaitorete Spit — a long finger of land located along the Canterbury region of southern New Zealand.

From The Verge ● Jul. 22, 2015

Luis placed a long finger at the base of the baby tree.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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