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The phrase "thumb on" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a physical action involving the thumb, such as gripping or pressing something with the thumb. Example: She held her hand out, thumb on the button, ready to activate the device.
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Place your thumb on one end and your middle finger on the other.
Press the ball with your thumb on one side and four fingers on the other.
Norton specifically recalled, "I cracked my thumb on Brad one time, on his stomach".
The second method includes putting one's thumb on or close to the chimney of a kerosene lantern and then placing the hot thumb on the newborn's umbilical stump.
But public opinion puts a thumb on the scale.
Now, do I really want somebody's thumb on my forehead?
Johnson injured the thumb on a foul tip Sunday.
He also cut a thumb on his pistol.
"It's a thumb on the scale," Mr. Khuzami said.
Washington must not put a thumb on the scale.
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It's a much larger pattern of thumb-on-the-scale coverage and commentary.
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