have a finger in the pie
verb
Roget 709:
cooperate,
concur;
coact†,
synergize.
conduce
etc.
178;
combine,
unite one's efforts;
keep together,
draw together,
pull together,
club together,
hand together,
hold together,
league together,
band together,
be banded together;
pool;
stand shoulder to shoulder,
put shoulder to shoulder;
act in concert,
join forces,
fraternize,
cling to one another,
conspire,
concert,
lay one's heads together;
confederate,
be in league with;
collude,
understand one another,
play into the hands of,
hunt in couples.
side with,
take side with,
go along with,
go hand in hand with,
join hands with,
make common cause with,
strike in with,
unite with,
join with,
mix oneself up with,
take part with,
cast in one's lot with;
join partnership,
enter into partnership with;
rally round,
follow the lead of;
come to,
pass over to,
come into the views of;
be in the same boat,
row in the same boat;
sail in the same boat;
sail on the same tack.
be a party to,
lend oneself to;
chip in;
participate;
have a hand in,
have a finger in the pie;
take part in,
bear part in;
second
etc.
(aid)
707;
take the part of,
play the game of;
espouse a cause,
espouse a quarrel.
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Roget 228:
lie between,
come between,
get between;
intervene,
slide in,
interpenetrate,
permeate.
put between,
introduce,
import,
throw in,
wedge in,
edge in,
jam in,
worm in,
foist in,
run in,
plow in,
work in;
interpose,
interject,
intercalate,
interpolate,
interline,
interleave,
intersperse,
interweave,
interlard,
interdigitate,
sandwich in,
fit in,
squeeze in;
let in,
dovetail,
splice,
mortise;
insinuate,
smuggle;
infiltrate,
ingrain.
interfere,
put in an oar,
thrust one's nose in;
intrude,
obtrude;
have a finger in the pie;
introduce the thin end of the wedge;
thrust in
etc.
(insert)
300.
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Roget 680:
do,
perform,
execute;
achieve
etc.
(complete)
729;
transact,
enact;
commit,
perpetrate,
inflict;
exercise,
prosecute,
carry on,
work,
practice,
play.
employ oneself,
ply one's task;
officiate,
have in hand
etc.
(business)
625;
labor
etc.
686;
be at work;
pursue a course;
shape one's course
etc.
(conduct)
692.
act,
operate;
take action,
take steps;
strike a blow,
lift a finger,
stretch forth one's hand;
take in hand
etc.
(undertake)
676;
put oneself in motion;
put in practice;
carry into execution
etc.
(complete)
729;
act upon.
be an actor
etc.
690;
take a part in,
act a part in,
play a part in,
perform a part in;
participate in;
have a hand in,
have a finger in the pie;
have to do with;
be a party to,
be a participator in;
bear a hand,
lend a hand;
pull an oar,
run in a race;
mix oneself up with
etc.
(meddle)
682.
be in action;
come into operation
etc.
(power at work)
170.
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Roget 682:
be active
etc.
adj.;
busy oneself in;
stir,
stir about,
stir one's stumps;
bestir oneself,
rouse oneself;
speed,
hasten,
peg away,
lay about one,
bustle,
fuss;
raise up,
kick up a dust;
push;
make a push,
make a fuss,
make a stir;
go ahead,
push forward;
fight one's way,
elbow one's way;
make progress
etc.
282;
toll
etc.
(labor)
686;
plod,
persist
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
keep up the ball,
keep the pot boiling.
look sharp;
have all one's eyes about one
etc.
(vigilance)
459;
rise,
arouse oneself,
hustle,
get up early,
be about,
keep moving,
steal a march,
kill two birds with one stone;
seize the opportunity
etc.
134,
lose no time,
not lose a moment,
make the most of one's time,
not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet,
improve the shining hour,
make short work of;
dash off;
make haste
etc.
684;
do one's best take pains
etc.
(exert oneself)
686;
do wonders,
work wonders.
have many irons in the fire,
have one's hands full,
have much on one's hands;
have other things to do,
have other fish to fry;
be busy;
not have a moment to spare,
not have a moment that one can call one's own.
have one's fling,
run the round of;
go all lengths,
stick at nothing,
run riot.
outdo;
overdo,
overact,
overlay,
overshoot the mark;
make a toil of a pleasure.
have a hand in
etc.
(act in)
680;
take an active part,
put in one's oar,
have a finger in the pie,
mix oneself up with,
trouble,
one's head about,
intrigue;
agitate.
tamper with,
meddle,
moil;
intermeddle,
interfere,
interpose;
obtrude;
poke one's nose in,
thrust one's nose in.
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Roget 153:
be the cause of
etc.
n .;
originate;
give origin to,
give rise,
to,
give occasion to;
cause,
occasion,
sow the seeds of,
kindle,
suscitate†;
bring on,
bring to bring pass,
bring about;
produce;
create
etc.
161;
set up,
set afloat,
set on foot;
found,
broach,
institute,
lay the foundation of;
lie at the root of.
procure,
induce,
draw down,
open the door to,
superinduce,
evoke,
entail,
operate;
elicit,
provoke.
conduce to
etc.
(tend to)
176;
contribute;
have a hand in the pie,
have a finger in the pie;
determine,
decide,
turn the scale;
have a common origin;
derive its origin
etc.
(effect)
154.
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