Usually means: Touch or harm someone physically.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lay a finger on: Merriam-Webster
  2. lay a finger on: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lay a finger on: Wiktionary
  4. lay a finger on: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lay a finger on: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay a finger on: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay a finger on: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lay a finger on: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook

Definitions from Wiktionary (lay a finger on)

verb:  (idiomatic, colloquial) To merely touch.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, a, finger, on: to finger

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