| all fours | (n) card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game, Syn. high-low-jack |
| foursquare | (adj) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction, Example: a foursquare refusal to yield |
| foursquare | (adv) in a square position, Example: the building stood foursquare |
| on all fours | (adv) on hands and knees, Example: he got down on all fours to play with his grandson |
| plus fours | (n) men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf) |
| eighty | (n) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight, Syn. 80, fourscore, LXXX |
| eighty | (adj) being ten more than seventy, Syn. lxxx, 80, fourscore |
| four | (n) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one, Syn. tetrad, quatern, Little Joe, 4, IV, quartet, quaternary, quaternity, quaternion, foursome, quadruplet |
| quartet | (n) four people considered as a unit, Syn. quartette, foursome, Example: he joined a barbershop quartet; the foursome teed off before 9 a.m. |
| square | (n) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon, Syn. foursquare, Example: you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides |
| squarely | (adv) with firmness and conviction; without compromise; - C.G.Bowers, Syn. foursquare, straightforwardly, Example: he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration; dealt straightforwardly with all issues |
| Allfours | [ All + four (cards). ] A game at cards, called “High, Low, Jack, and the Game.” [ 1913 Webster ] |
| All fours | [ formerly, All` four".] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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| Fourscore | n. The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fourscore | a. [ Four + core, n. ] Four times twenty; eighty. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Foursome | a. [ Four + 2d -some. ] Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [ Scot. or Golf ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Foursome | n. 1. (Golf) A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. A group of four people or objects; as, we need another player to make a foursome for bridge. [ PJC ] |
| Foursquare | a. Having four sides and four equal angles. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ] |
