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high sign

NOUN
silent signal of warning
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"And from then on, whenever I needed to, I would give him a high sign and I would go take care of it," she shared.

From Fox News • Oct. 29, 2020

It also maintains a suggestive resonance for her: A high sign is, she says, “a coded bit of language between people that exchanges information.”

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2017

The high sign arrives; the interview is over.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2016

Cleary, while playing darts, got a high sign from a street urchin and went to a nearby basement.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2014

Manny flashed him the high sign and he flashed back.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers




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