Definition of lifting a finger

lift a finger    

verb

• to expend effort.

                                                                                                         
  
                                        
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Chitty Chitty Death Bang", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 02 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 02 2011.

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