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Clue or key: the word “by”.
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Posted - June 2, 2022

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  • 10052
    Day by day (oh, dear Lord, three things I pray...) 
    Line by line
    Play by play
    Two by four
    Minute by minute

    I don't get five at all. I know, I failed. 



      June 2, 2022 5:19 PM MDT
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  • 16826
    Five by five - a euphemism for a fat person. Five high and five wide.
      June 2, 2022 5:39 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Got it, thanks! 
      June 2, 2022 5:41 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      You didn’t fail, not really.


      Your two by four entry is incorrect. It has to be a repetition of the first word of the phrase. 

      Five by five is a military communications term referring to how loudly and how clearly a radio message has been received. A scale of one to five for each element, ranging from lowest to highest, indicates tells the sender whether or not the message needs to be sent again. By transmitting “five by five”, you are saying, “I read you loud and clear” (technically and grammatically loudly and clearly, but I digress). By transmitting numbers lower than five, the recipient tells the sender what failed so that it can quickly be rectified.
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      June 2, 2022 5:42 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I get it now. Being completely unfamiliar with five by five (either definition given here) really threw me off. Numbers really are not my thing! Hehe!
      June 2, 2022 5:47 PM MDT
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  • 3820
    By definition
    Standing by
    By and by
    By virtue
    By the wayside
      June 2, 2022 5:38 PM MDT
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  • 53524

    By definition
    Standing by
    By and by
    By virtue
    By the wayside

      June 2, 2022 5:44 PM MDT
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  • 16826
    Year.
      June 2, 2022 5:39 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Piece
    Step
    Bit


      June 2, 2022 5:44 PM MDT
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  • 880
    One
    Side
    Inch
    Row
    Blow
      June 4, 2022 3:09 PM MDT
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