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fingers crossed 

an action performed:

1) for luck.

2) to exclude oneself from the rules which would normally apply.

3) to imply that "we're like *that*", ie as close to each other as two crossed fingers

Can be represented by the emoticon (yn); apparently this pictorially resembles crossed fingers ...
1) fingers crossed for your driving test!

2) "It": Tagged you!
Taggee: No, you can't, cos my i've got my fingers crossed.

Ma: How could you lie to me, Johnny!?
Johnny: It wasn't really a lie, ma; I had my fingers crossed behind my back.

Cop: You're under arrest, Sonny Jim.
Boy: You can't arrest me, cos I had my fingers crossed when I burgled all those houses...

3) Mafioso: Me and the Don; we're like *that*
Other guy: (gulp)...

Fingers Crossed 

Jeez, He has his fingers crossed he must Be madly Obsessed with their lover
Fingers Crossed by Sidney Loo October 21, 2022

Fingers Crossed Fingerbang Kate Moss 

It's a saying said when you wish to wish good luck for something.
Man: Babe I really hope it doesn't rain tonight.
Woman: Yeah, me too, my outfit will be ruined.
Man: Fingers Crossed Fingerbang Kate Moss
Woman: Fingerb-who? What?
Man: Chill it's jus a sayin, for the cool kids.

Fingers crossed 

A reference to the lunar cycles and the way that human fingers protrude from our bodies, thus being an external force as well as an internal force. They are at once of the body but apart from it. Thus to cross the fingers is to merge forces and invite chaos.
"Oh man, I dropped my phone in a puddle and a bus run over it."
"Ah mate, you must have had your fingers crossed."
Fingers crossed by MysticPetye November 23, 2021

2 fingers crossed 

Means that we're team Izad.

2 fingers crossed 

That's mean we're in Izad Team.
No, I'm teaming with Izad! 2 fingers crossed.
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