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Meaning of all fours | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The four legs of a quadruped.
  2. The four limbs of a primate.
  3. A card game similar to whist.
  4. A certain game of dominos.

Equivalents

Examples

“to be on all fours”
“'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.”
“Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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