"Fingers Crossed" redirects here. For other uses, see Fingers Crossed (disambiguation). Crossed fingers To cross one's fingers is a hand gesture commonly used to wish for luck. Early Christians used the gesture to implore the protection of the Holy Cross.[1] The gesture is referred to by the common expressions "cross your fingers", "keep your fingers crossed", or just "fingers crossed". The use of
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