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Measure One's Length on the Ground
(To). To fall flat on the ground; to be knocked down.
“If you will measure your lubber's length, tarry.” —Shakespeare: King Lear, i. 4.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Measure One's Length on the Ground from Infoplease:
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