at one's fingertips

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at one's fingertips

phrase at one's finger tips

idiomatic Readily available. He seemed to have all sports knowledge at his fingertips: we could scarcely finish a question before he had answered it.
Similar: at one's fingers' ends, for more, see at hand § Synonyms

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Français	à portée de main, sous la main
Deutsch	auf der Fingerspitze
Русский	отскакивать от зубов otskakivatʹ ot zubov, знать на ять znatʹ na jatʹ, знать на зубок znatʹ na zubok

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@misc{at_one_s_fingertips_2026,
  title = {at one's fingertips},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/at%20one's%20fingertips},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}