keep your fingers crossed
/ˌkiːp jə ˌfɪŋɡəz ˈkrɒst/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
to hope that something will go well
Examples
- 1I've got my driving test tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me!
- 2We're keeping our fingers crossed that the weather holds for the wedding.
- 3The flight is delayed, but we're keeping our fingers crossed that we'll still make the connection.
- 4Leo posted his university application and kept his fingers crossed for weeks.
- 5The results come out on Friday, and I'll keep my fingers crossed until then.
Grammar
Only keep changes form: kept, keeping. fingers stays plural and crossed stays fixed. What you hope for follows for or a that clause.
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