Idiom
finger in the pie
Meaning
A share in the doing of something; involvement.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He always has a finger in the pie at work.”
“The manager likes to have a finger in the pie, so she oversees every small detail of our project.”
“Although he claimed to be retired, the ambitious investor still insisted on having a finger in the pie regarding every major corporate decision.”
Examples
simple
“He always has a finger in the pie at work.”
contextual
“The manager likes to have a finger in the pie, so she oversees every small detail of our project.”
complex
“Although he claimed to be retired, the ambitious investor still insisted on having a finger in the pie regarding every major corporate decision.”
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