finger on the pulse in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fingers on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fingers on the pulse"
      },
      "expansion": "finger on the pulse (plural fingers on the pulse)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "name": "Dutch links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Despite retiring, he still tries to keep a finger on the pulse of the industry."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An active interest in the latest developments (of some topic)."
      ],
      "id": "en-finger_on_the_pulse-en-noun-BNuVzZ2Z",
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "word": "vinger aan de pols"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "word": "ajan hermolla"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "word": "Finger am Puls der Zeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an active interest",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ręka na pulsie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "finger on the pulse"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fingers on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fingers on the pulse"
      },
      "expansion": "finger on the pulse (plural fingers on the pulse)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch links with redundant wikilinks",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Polish links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Despite retiring, he still tries to keep a finger on the pulse of the industry."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An active interest in the latest developments (of some topic)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "word": "vinger aan de pols"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "word": "ajan hermolla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "word": "Finger am Puls der Zeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an active interest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ręka na pulsie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finger on the pulse"
}

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"finger on the pulse" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms