Found 2 items, similar to All fours.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: all fours
all fours
n : card games in which points are won for taking the high or
low or jack or game [syn:
high-low-jack]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: All fours
Four
\Four\, n.
1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
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3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a
chariot and four.
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All fours. See
All fours, in the Vocabulary.
All fours
\All` fours"\ [formerly,
All` four".]
All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of
a person.
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To be on all fours,
To go on all fours, or
To run on all fours
(Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond
(with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be
considered.
“This example is on all fours with the
other.” “No simile can go on all fours.” --Macaulay.
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