give the finger

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give someone the finger

1. Fig. to display the middle finger upright as a sign of derision. (The gesture is derisive and offensive. See also flip someone off, flip someone the bird.) Did one of you guys give Ted the finger? Somebody gave the cop the finger.

2. Fig. Inf. to mistreat someone; to insult someone. You've been giving me the finger ever since I started working here. What's wrong? I'm tired of everybody giving me the finger around here just because I'm new.

See also: finger, give

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I'll give the finger to anyone who says I'm cheesy or in the same category as the Cheeky Girls or Busted. the Razz: LIL CHRIS TAKES ON BIG CHRIS; Singer slams cheesy tag by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) He will return only when the fracture has fully healed, and the BT engineer from Shard End said: "I didn't give the finger enough time to recover before the title fight. Boxing: ELCOCK MAKES HIS TITLE RESOLUTION by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			give notice give odds that give of oneself give one freedom give oneself over to give oneself up give pause give props to give right arm give rise to give short shrift give some lip give some skin give some sugar give some thought to give static give teeth to give the benefit of the doubt give the boot give the cold shoulder give the creeps give the devil his due give the elbow give the evil eye give the eye give the finger give the game away give the gate give the glad eye give the green light give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies give the kiss of life give the lie to give the nod give the once-over give the push give the raspberry give the rough side of tongue give the runaround give the shaft give the shirt off back give the shits give the shivers give the slip give the thumbs down give the thumbs up give the time of day give the willies Give them hell! give tit for tat			give the bum's rush give the bum's rush give the bum's rush give the cold shoulder give the cold shoulder give the creeps give the creeps give the creeps give the creeps give the creeps give the death blow give the devil her due give the devil his due give the devil his due give the devil his due give the devil his due Give the Drummer Some give the effect give the elbow give the elbow give the elbow give the elbow give the elbow give the evil eye give the eye give the eye give the eye give the eye give the eye give the facts give the finger give the flick give the floor to give the game away give the game away give the game away give the gate give the gate give the glad eye give the glad eye give the glad eye give the go-by give the green light give the hairy eyeball give the hairy eyeball give the hairy eyeball give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies give the hook give the hook give the hook give the hook give the hook give the impression give the kiss of life give the lie to give the lie to give the lie to give the meaning give the mind to give the nod

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