What does five by five mean?

five by five

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

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"He told everyone what he wanted to do in the Park, and when some of them disagreed, he said straight out, five by five, how stupid he thought they were."
"“Check, check,” Jo whispered. “Ahab, this is Starbuck.” “Ahoy,” Jonathan Steinberg said. “Five by five.” “Five by five, check,” Jo said. “Where are you?""
"Five by five Skyhook. How do we sound?"

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