"shoot the five" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: shoots the five [present, singular, third-person], shooting the five [participle, present], shot the five [participle, past], shot the five [past]
Etymology: In reference to the five fingers of a fist. Head templates: {{en-verb|shoot<,,shot> the five}} shoot the five (third-person singular simple present shoots the five, present participle shooting the five, simple past and past participle shot the five)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To fight in hand-to-hand combat. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-shoot_the_five-en-verb-ZuUF9fpI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011 April 18, “Suffer” (0:21 from the start)performed by M.anifest",
          "text": "As I grew older I was told to be tougher / Gotta shoot the five to survive but I'm a rapper",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, page 31",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 July 31, “Watch The City Burn” (0:44 from the start)performed by Ill Bill ft. Lord Goat, Sabac Red",
          "text": "Uncle Howie shot the five with that pig",
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        }
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        "(intransitive, slang) To fight in hand-to-hand combat."
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