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All fours

All fours Meaning & Definition
All fours Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of All fours?

[n] card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game

Synonyms | Synonyms for All fours: high-low-jack

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See Also | auction pitch | card game | cards | cinch | old sledge | pitch | seven-up

All fours In Webster's Dictionary

\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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