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.
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Maybe honk my horn, maybe even give someone the finger.
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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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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 6 May. 2025.
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