give (someone) the finger

idiom

informal
: to make an offensive gesture at someone by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers folded down
He gave them the finger.

Examples of give (someone) the finger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Maybe honk my horn, maybe even give someone the finger. Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2022 Maternal abandonment in particular, and the question of why a woman would give the finger to biological imperative and desert her children, has occupied all kinds of gorgeous, unconventional stories of late. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022

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“Give (someone) the finger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20%28someone%29%20the%20finger. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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