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throw signs

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To make a gesture of group affiliation (especially with a gang) from a distance.

Examples

“"[…] Cause I be going around wearing red and throwing signs up."”
“Members of the Folk Nation throw⟳ their signs from the right and members of the People Nation will throw⟳ signs from the left.”
“[[…]] of a thirty-year-old pro, a light-skinned brother named Malik “Chilly” Tubbs, who carried gang tattoos and would sometimes throw⟳ signs to passing cars.”
“Wearing certain types of jewelry and throwing signs can lead⟳ to tragic misidentification as a gang member.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

throw smoke throw some shapes throw someone a curve throw someone a rope throw someone out of bed throw something in someone's face

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