throw signs
v. phr.— «All you guys here sitting talking about that hard stuff, the most you know how to do is throw signs.…You ain’t no hard-core criminals.» —“Street Voices: The Next Generation Series” Los Angeles Times June 26, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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