| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | (used with a singular verb ) 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. |
| 3. | on all fours,
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| sev·en-up (sěv'ən-ŭp') n. A card game requiring seven points to win. Also called pitch2. |
