cross your fingers

(also keep your fingers crossed)

Definition

to hope that things will happen in the way that you want them to

It's her exam this morning so cross your fingers.

We're just hoping the weather stays nice and keeping our fingers crossed.

(Definition of cross your fingers from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If a problem preys on your mind, you think about it and worry about it a lot

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