point fingers

English

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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.
   • 2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, pages 50–51:

     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.

See also

• point the finger at