six number

six number
1 6
2 it's six of one and half a dozen of the other spoken used to say there is not much difference between two possible choices, situations etc
3 at sixes and sevens BrE informal disorganized and confused: When the visitors arrived we were still at sixes and sevens.
4 a hit in the game of cricket, worth six runs (run2 (17)) in which the ball goes beyond the edge of the playing area before touching the ground
— sixth number: our sixth child

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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