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pointing fingers

pointing fingers is the present participle and gerund 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 pointing fingers

What is pointing fingers the present participle and gerund of?
Pointing fingers is the present participle and gerund of point fingers.

Words near pointing fingers in the dictionary

  1. pointiness
  2. pointing
  3. pointing and calling
  4. pointing device
  5. pointing devices
  6. pointing fingers
  7. pointing mark
  8. pointing marks
  9. pointing one's toes
  10. pointing out
  11. pointing Percy at the porcelain

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