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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024all′ fours′, - all four limbs or extremities;
the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person:The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours. - Games(used with a sing. v.) Also called high-low-jack, old sledge, pitch, seven-up. [Cards.]a game for two or three players or two partnerships in which a 52-card pack is used, the object being to win special scoring values for the highest trump, the lowest trump, the jack, the ace, the ten, and the face cards.
- on all fours:
- in conformity with;
corresponding exactly with. - (of a person) on the hands and feet, or the hands and knees:I had to go on all fours to squeeze through the low opening.
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