cross your fingers

cross your fingers
to put your middle finger over your first finger as a wish for good luck

I’m going to see if the car starts; keep your fingers crossed!

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Main entry: cross

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cross your fingers — see cross, 2
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Main Entry:finger

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cross your ˈfingers idiom
to hope that your plans will be successful (sometimes putting one finger across another as a sign of hoping for good luck)

I'm crossing my fingers that my proposal will be accepted.

Keep your fingers crossed!

Main entry:crossidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • cross your fingers — or keep your fingers crossed to put your middle finger over your first finger as a wish for good luck I m going to see if the car starts; keep your fingers crossed! …   English dictionary

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  • Cross Your Fingers (song) — Cross Your Fingers Single by Laura Marling from the album Alas, I Cannot Swim …   Wikipedia

  • cross your fingers — See keep your fingers crossed …   English idioms

  • keep your fingers crossed — cross your fingers or keep your fingers crossed to put your middle finger over your first finger as a wish for good luck I m going to see if the car starts; keep your fingers crossed! …   English dictionary

  • cross — [krôs, kräs] n. [< ME cros & crois; cros < OE cros & ON kross, both < OIr cros < L crux (gen. crucis), a cross < IE * kreuk , extension of base * (s)ker , to turn, bend > L curvus; ME crois < OFr < L crux] 1. an upright… …   English World dictionary

  • cross fingers — cross (your) fingers to hope for good luck. At this point, they can only stand back, cross their fingers and wait to see if the fireworks go off perfectly. Etymology: based on the practice, esp. of children, to put one finger over the next one… …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep your fingers crossed — see ↑cross, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑finger …   Useful english dictionary

  • cross — cross1 W2S2 [krɔs US kro:s] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(go from one side to another)¦ 2¦(cross a line etc)¦ 3¦(two roads/lines etc)¦ 4¦(legs/arms/ankles)¦ 5 cross somebody s mind 6 cross somebody s face 7 cross your fingers 8¦(breed of plant/animal)¦ 9 somebody …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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