"point fingers" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-point fingers.ogg Forms: points fingers [present, singular, third-person], pointing fingers [participle, present], pointed fingers [participle, past], pointed fingers [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=point fingers}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: point the finger at
    Sense id: en-point_fingers-en-verb-nay-nKe4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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