"have one's finger on the pulse" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> one's finger on the pulse"
      },
      "expansion": "have one's finger on the pulse (third-person singular simple present has one's finger on the pulse, present participle having one's finger on the pulse, simple past and past participle had one's finger on the pulse)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The marketing firm I use has its finger on the consumers' pulse."
        },
        {
          "text": "He has his finger on the pulse of his company, and thinks he needs to hire a few more people in sales and get rid of a few from research and development."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 26, Natasha Harding, Alexandria Dale, “Kate Middleton just re-wore her Alexander McQueen baby pink trouser suit”, in Women's Health",
          "text": "Kate's choice to don her pink suit again now, at the height of the Barbiecore trend, shows the royal really does have her finger on the pulse. That, paired with her statement belt and the fact pearls are having a real fashion moment (courtesy of the Met Gala) is three big ticks from us.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand (something) well."
      ],
      "id": "en-have_one's_finger_on_the_pulse-en-verb-zMgVNR9Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "one's",
          "word": "have fingers on the pulse"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to understand something well",
          "word": "prendre le pouls"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to understand something well",
          "word": "sentire il polso"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have one's finger on the pulse"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's finger on the pulse",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> one's finger on the pulse"
      },
      "expansion": "have one's finger on the pulse (third-person singular simple present has one's finger on the pulse, present participle having one's finger on the pulse, simple past and past participle had one's finger on the pulse)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The marketing firm I use has its finger on the consumers' pulse."
        },
        {
          "text": "He has his finger on the pulse of his company, and thinks he needs to hire a few more people in sales and get rid of a few from research and development."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 26, Natasha Harding, Alexandria Dale, “Kate Middleton just re-wore her Alexander McQueen baby pink trouser suit”, in Women's Health",
          "text": "Kate's choice to don her pink suit again now, at the height of the Barbiecore trend, shows the royal really does have her finger on the pulse. That, paired with her statement belt and the fact pearls are having a real fashion moment (courtesy of the Met Gala) is three big ticks from us.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand (something) well."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "one's",
      "word": "have fingers on the pulse"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to understand something well",
      "word": "prendre le pouls"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand something well",
      "word": "sentire il polso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "have one's finger on the pulse"
}