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Sɪks Number Bre I Time Clear Sixes Sevens

Word six
WordType (number)
Phonetic BrE / sɪks / NAmE / sɪks /
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  • i haven't had time to clear up, so i'm all at sixes and sevens.
  • the business over the lawsuit had really knocked her for six.
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six

(number)BrE / sɪks / NAmE / sɪks /
  1. 6
  2. in confusion; not well organized
    • I haven't had time to clear up, so I'm all at sixes and sevens.
  3. to be dead and in a grave
  4. to affect somebody very deeply
    • The business over the lawsuit had really knocked her for six.
  5. used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices
  6. Word Origin

    • Old English siex, six, syx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zes and German sechs, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sex and Greek hex.
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