flip (someone) the bird
idiom
US slang
: to make an offensive gesture at (someone) by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers folded down
angry drivers flipping each other the bird
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As Mamaw, the family’s indomitable matriarch, Close gets to sniffle, weep, curse, flip the bird and spout tough-love bromides.
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Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020
In that respect, tearing it up in an adventure dress is the best way to flip the bird at the status quo.
—Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2020
Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020
In that respect, tearing it up in an adventure dress is the best way to flip the bird at the status quo.
—Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2020
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