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The origin of this idiom seem to be from old radio slang, with "five by five" meaning "loud and clear." The idiom basically means that everything is okay... everything is cool, bro'.
To read more about this idiom in the Urban Dictionary, see the Related Link.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y ago'Give me five' can mean 'wait a few moments for me' ('five minutes' is an idiom meaning 'a short length of time').
It can also mean 'congratulate me'. Colleagues often congratulate each other by 'high fiving' - which is a sort of aeriel handshake.
Try to Google a video of the ritual.
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∙ 14y agoi think it orginates from the fact that your hand tends to have 5 fingers, hence "high five" and "give me five"...
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