keep one's fingers crossed

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Verb

keep one's fingers crossed (third-person singular simple present keeps one's fingers crossed, present participle keeping one's fingers crossed, simple past and past participle kept one's fingers crossed)

1. (idiomatic) To hope for the best, to show support.

Synonyms

• (to hope for the best): have one's fingers crossed

Translations

hope for the best

• Dutch: duimen (nl)
• German: Daumen drücken
• Italian: incrociare le dita
• Polish: trzymać kciuki (pl)
• Slovene: držati pesti za koga (sl)
• Swedish: hålla tummarna (sv)