go on all fours
Example Sentences
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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
Cinnamon had never seen one go on all fours, though that seemed to him as ridiculous as their building houses of chopped trees instead of making holes in the ground.
From Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear by Robinson, H. P.
No one could disturb him there, for to reach it he had to go on all fours.
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Cannan, Gilbert
Then would I go on all fours, O Mishcha, for I am weary of waiting and being far from my brothers, Thumb and Thimble.
From The Three Mulla-mulgars by De la Mare, Walter
After a moment of scrambling I found that the passage was big enough for me to go on all fours.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by Masefield, John
