shoot the five
verbEtymology In reference to the five fingers of a fist.
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Slang To fight in hand-to-hand combat.
- As I grew older I was told to be tougher / Gotta shoot the five to survive but I'm a rapper2011 April 18, “Suffer” (0:21 from the start)performed by M.anifest:
- We'd sit there and they'd go at it and shoot the five until one dude was knocked out. It wasn't just entertainment for me like it was for most spectators. I wanted to watch so that I could learn.2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 31:
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- Uncle Howie shot the five with that pig2020 July 31, “Watch The City Burn” (0:44 from the start)performed by Ill Bill ft. Lord Goat, Sabac Red: