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thumbs up

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  • noun A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.
  • noun idiomatic An approval or okay.

Etymologies

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With reference to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but sense has been reversed.

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  • oroboros commented on the word thumbs up

    "Good to go" sign from marshaller followed by a salute as you taxi out into the taxiway for takeoff (military procedures).

    February 22, 2007