Meaning of ALL FOURS
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| | Definition: | | [n] card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
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| | Synonyms: | | high-low-jack |
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| | See Also: | | auction pitch, card game, cards, cinch, old sledge, pitch, seven-up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \All` fours"\ [formerly, {All` four"}.]
All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of
a person.
{To be}, {go}, or {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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