(give a/the) thumbs up

thumb | Business English

thumb
noun[ C ]
uk /θʌm/us
 get/be given the thumbs downinformal
if an idea, project, etc. gets the thumbs down, it is not approved:
The proposal was given the thumbs down at the board meeting.
 get/be given the thumbs upinformal
to be approved:
The controversial merger got the thumbs up from investors.

Examples of thumb

thumb
Follow with the eyes keeping the head still - three times with each hand and three times with the hands together, thumbs crossed.
From this standpoint, the evolutionarily advantaged functions of divided attention, upright bipedal ambulation and opposable thumbs can be seen as vulnerable.
I suspect this a book that will be heavily thumbed over on library shelves by people with a wide range of interests.
Information retrieval by means of the computer's search engine takes much less time than thumbing through the pages of an alphabetic dictionary.
Not to be capable or technically proficient, but to be a bit all thumbs.
Feedback about accuracy was given each trial in the form of a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" picture.
From an evolutionary standpoint, upright bipedal ambulation, opposable thumbs and divided attention each are high order.
Gorillas are more than camels with opposable thumbs.
Every proposal is subjected to a kind of "thumbs up or thumbs down" vote.
Hands and feet were also characteristic with digitization of thumbs and proximal implantation ofsecond to fourth toes.
She might have an inborn talent for the piano, or she might be all thumbs.
The assignment of thumbs to the yes and no buttons was counterbalanced across participants.
Facial characteristics, broad thumbs and distal phalanges, and partial duplication of the big toes are clearly visible.
Finally, while publishing their desires for industrial peace and public welfare, they gouged prices and thumbed their noses at both proposed congressional and presidential strike settlement commissions.
In addition, the participants were instructed to keep their index or middle finger on the response keys and use their thumbs to press the space bar for the next word.
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Collocations withthumb

thumb

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broken thumb
Shero was found with a brokenthumb and cuts and bruises to his face.
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