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pointed fingers

pointed fingers is the simple past and past participle of point fingers.

Meaning of point fingers

Verb

point fingers (third-person singular simple present points fingers, present participle pointing fingers, simple past and past participle pointed fingers)

  1. (idiomatic) To accuse people of being responsible for something bad.
    • If Burnham is right, then it seems to me that the reaction of TfN, NR and DfT to questions is for each to point fingers at the others.2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, pages 50–51

Questions about pointed fingers

What is pointed fingers the simple past and past participle of?
Pointed fingers is the simple past and past participle of point fingers.

Words near pointed fingers in the dictionary

  1. Pointe-à-Pitre
  2. pointed
  3. pointed and called
  4. pointed cabbage
  5. pointed cabbages
  6. pointed fingers
  7. pointed one's toes
  8. pointed out
  9. pointed Percy at the porcelain
  10. pointed the bone
  11. pointed the finger at

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