ALL meanings of at sixes and sevens
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A a - phrase at sixes and sevens If you say that someone or something is at sixes and sevens, you mean that they are confused or disorganized. 3
- noun at sixes and sevens in disagreement 3
- noun at sixes and sevens in a state of confusion 3
- noun at sixes and sevens in confusion or disorder 3
- noun at sixes and sevens at odds; disagreeing 3
- noun at sixes and sevens a cardinal number, five plus one. 1
- noun at sixes and sevens a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI. 1
- noun at sixes and sevens a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun at sixes and sevens a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips. 1
- noun at sixes and sevens Cricket. a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman. Compare boundary (def 3). 1
- noun at sixes and sevens an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine. 1
- noun at sixes and sevens a six-cylinder engine. 1
- adjective at sixes and sevens amounting to six in number. 1
- idioms at sixes and sevens at sixes and sevens, in disorder or confusion. in disagreement or dispute. 1
- preposition at sixes and sevens (Idiomatic) In a state of confusion. 0
- preposition at sixes and sevens (Idiomatic) (of people or groups) In a state of dispute or disagreement. 0