Meaning of finger-point | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To point with a finger (at someone or something).
   intransitive
2. To assign blame (to) or accuse (someone or something).
   figuratively, informal, intransitive

Examples

“He was encouraged to finger-point at words while reading.”

“Last⟳ Wednesday, Graham and George Washington’s Tom Tate almost came to blows after a finger-pointing episode. […] Graham does not finger-point to show⟳ for fans. He does it because it comes to mind⟳ in the natural flow⟳ of the game, as it comes to every player’s mind⟳.”

“At times, he looked at the gulf of dark heads looking up at him as if to a god. At times, he finger-pointed at the horizon, to the enemy that existed anywhere out there, somewhere.”

“Mr. Strzok smirked as the joint committee members fought one another, yelled for points of order⟳ or parliamentary inquiries, talked over one another and finger-pointed.”

“As the family crumbles, society finger-points: “First, it was teachers and schools; it must be their fault. Then single mothers; it must be their fault. Now, we’re moving on to fathers,” [Richard] Louv writes.”

“The spokesman for the White House, Ari Fleischer, said it was “time for everybody concerned to take⟳ a deep breath, to stop⟳ finger-pointing and to work⟳ well together.””

“The rumor that the four “Sex and the City” girls were really four gay men was merely urban legend, she said, and finger-pointed conservative author Ann Coulter as its source.”

“More flagrantly, the Delhi police themselves closed some 241 cases after survivors finger-pointed particular senior officers.”

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