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
Precedents exist for the abolition of this duel, so completely in point, that, according to the lawyer's phrase, they "go on all fours" with the new case.
From The Duel Between France and Germany by Sumner, Charles
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
Capital is at home now with his gams in a tub iv hot wather; an' whin he comes down to-morrah to oppriss labor an' square his protisted notes, he'll have to go on all fours.
From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Dunne, Finley Peter
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.
