put one's finger on
put one's finger on also lay one's finger on {v. phr.}
To find exactly.
The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the reason for the rocket's failure to orbit.
We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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