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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Go on all Fours Perfect in all points. We say of a pun or riddle, "It does not go on all fours," it will not hold good in every way. Lord Macaulay says, "It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours." Sir Edward Coke says, "Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit. " The metaphor is taken from a horse, which is lame if only one of its legs is injured. All four must be sound in order that it may go. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Facility | Verb: be easy; Adjective: go on smoothly, run smoothly; have full play; Noun: go on all fours, run on all fours; obey the helm, work well. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: GO ON ALL FOURS |
| English words defined with "GO ON ALL FOURS": To go all fours. (references) |
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Screenplays | Not to go on all fours, that is the law. Are we not men? (Island of Lost Souls; writing credit: H.G. Wells; Waldemar Young) | |
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Expression using "GO ON ALL FOURS": to go on all fours. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "GO ON ALL FOURS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | sántít a dolog (it does not go on all fours), nincs egészen rendjén (it does not go on all fours). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogay onay allay oursfay merge în patru labe. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-l-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-4 letters: fourgons, furlongs, galloons, languors. | |
-5 letters: flagons, florals, fourgon, fungals, furlong, gallons, galloon, gallous, goorals, lagoons, languor, langurs, lanugos, oolongs, ourangs, rugolas, songful, sunroof, unrolls, unroofs. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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