Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep one's fingers crossed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
keep- one's fin-ger-s crossed
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hope for the best, to show support.

Inflected Forms

keeps one's fingers crossed (present, singular) keeping one's fingers crossed (participle, present) kept one's fingers crossed (participle, past) kept one's fingers crossed (past)

Synonyms

have one's fingers crossed

Questions

What does keep one's fingers crossed mean?
To hope for the best, to show support.

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