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  What it means

  Literally “to know what is five.” A slang way to say someone is “clued in,” savvy, or knows exactly what’s going on. “To know what’s what.”

  Vocabulary

  • pięć — five

  Grammar note

  Numerical idiom.

  Cultural context

  Very common in urban/youth slang.

  Intermediate

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