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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

keep one's fingers crossed en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
keeping one's fingers crossed Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept one's fingers crossed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept one's fingers crossed Tense=Past lexicographic
keeps one's fingers crossed Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

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

Translations (6)

it incrociare le dita (hope for the best) · pl trzymać kciuki (hope for the best) · nl duimen (hope for the best) · sv hålla tummarna (hope for the best) · sl držati pesti za koga (hope for the best) · de Daumen drücken (hope for the best)