finger in the pie

English

Noun

finger in the pie

  1. (idiomatic) A share in the doing of something; involvement.
    • 1842, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 26, page 261:
      They informed us that the cause of her committing this rash deed was a dispute with her mistress, but on further inquiry it appears that Cupid had a finger in the pie.
    • 2012, H. Liebaers, Mostly in the Line of Duty: Thirty Years with Books, page 73:
      The Foundation had, however, decided to keep a finger in the pie and to pay its share in the running costs of the school.
    • 2025 March 7, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Could Elon Musk’s newfound political influence help him finally crack India?”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Another possibly more lucrative finger in India’s pie for Musk could be Starlink, the satellite internet technology operated by his SpaceX company.
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