"finger in the pie" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1842, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 26, page 261",
          "text": "They informed us that the cause of her committing this rash deed was a dispute with her mistress, but on further inquiry it appears that Cupid had a finger in the pie.",
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          "ref": "2012, H. Liebaers, Mostly in the Line of Duty: Thirty Years with Books, page 73",
          "text": "The Foundation had, however, decided to keep a finger in the pie and to pay its share in the running costs of the school.",
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        "A share in the doing of something; involvement."
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        "(idiomatic) A share in the doing of something; involvement."
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          "word": "have one's fingers in many pies"
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        "(idiomatic) A share in the doing of something; involvement."
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