cross your fingers
(also keep your fingers crossed)Definition
C2 to hope that things will happen in the way that you want them to: She has her exam this morning so cross your fingers. We're just hoping the weather stays nice and keeping our fingers crossed.Wanting thingsHoping and hopefulness
(Definition of cross your fingers from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ache for sth phrasal verb
- acquisitive adjective (WANTING THINGS)
- ambitious adjective
- angle for sth phrasal verb
- aspirant noun
- desirous adjective
- dream about/of sth phrasal verb
- fall over yourself idiom
- give your eyeteeth for sth idiom
- give your right arm idiom
- impulse noun (WISH)
- incline verb (FEEL)
- need verb (MUST HAVE)
- pant for/after sb/sth phrasal verb
- pine for sth/sb phrasal verb
- queue verb
- reach for the stars idiom
- taker noun (ACCEPT)
- yearn verb
- your heart's desire idiom
Topic:
Wanting things
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