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What does "give [someone] the finger" mean? In what circumstances could I use it?

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Rebecca

To "give someone the finger" means to show someone your middle finger, which is a very rude hand gesture that means something like "fuck you." You can use it when you want to say that someone gave someone the middle finger. Ex: The driver gave the finger to the person that cut him off at the intersection. Ex: If you give someone the finger, you may get cursed at.

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