put one's finger on sth

[GUEST2008]

Hi

Mr Tom put his finger on it when he wrote of Aborigines in 1887.

---- Can it mean that he "drew his attention to it"?

[bhaisahab]

Hi

Mr Tom put his finger on it when he wrote of Aborigines in 1887.

---- Can it mean that he "drew his attention to it"?

No, it means that he pointed out the essence of the matter.