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

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Verb

Forms: has one's fingers on the pulse [present, singular, third-person], having one's fingers on the pulse [participle, present], had one's fingers on the pulse [participle, past], had one's fingers on the pulse [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,having,had> one's fingers on the pulse}} have one's fingers on the pulse (third-person singular simple present has one's fingers on the pulse, present participle having one's fingers on the pulse, simple past and past participle had one's fingers on the pulse)
  1. Alternative form of have one's finger on the pulse Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: have one's finger on the pulse
    Sense id: en-have_one's_fingers_on_the_pulse-en-verb-d2xn-Ihb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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