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- noun Acknowledgment of message
received .
Etymologies
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Examples
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After another “ten-four” acknowledgment, our guard led us through the casino and through some back office areas marked AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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After another “ten-four” acknowledgment, our guard led us through the casino and through some back office areas marked AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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After another “ten-four” acknowledgment, our guard led us through the casino and through some back office areas marked AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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We repeated the basic message a few times more, just to be sure it would get through to Dr. Danco, and I got to say “ten-four” each time.
DearlyDevotedDexter 2005
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I always say ten-four as a joke, a real big ha-ha.
Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ten-four, thank you.
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After receiving the ten-four indicating that car twenty had understood, Kanekahana turned to face the Hardys again.
DARKNESS FALLS FRANKLIN W. DIXON 1994
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"That's a ten-four, " came a returning voice, apparently from one of the other choppers.
The Black Ice Connelly, Michael, 1956- 1993
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"Big ten-four," Jimbo agreed, scratching a two-day beard.
Burning Water Lackey, Mercedes 1989
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She heard the ubiquitous "ten-four" as she doffed her gunbelt and tossed it back onto the boul der.
A Rock in the Baltic Barr, Robert, 1850-1912 1906
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