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go on all fours

VERB

crawl

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clamber creep drag inch plod poke slide slither squirm wriggle

STRONG

grovel lag lollygag scrabble worm writhe

WEAK

drag oneself along go on belly hang back loiter along move at snail's pace move on hands and knees pull oneself along

Antonyms

STRONGEST

run rush

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He explained how a person could be constantly tripping over debris and obstructions and at times having to go "on all fours" to try to get through the tunnel.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Animals that go on all fours are called quadrupeds.

From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz

Expressions like to go on all fours, and to eat of the fruit of the tree, are reducible to ellipses.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Now, please, do not require this illustration to go on all fours.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah

At first he made men and pigs just alike, but his brothers remonstrated with him, so he beat down the pigs to go on all fours and made men walk upright.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

go on all fours

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