go on all fours

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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

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

The brute thus circumstanced continues to go on all fours, as if he were on land, keeping his head well out of the water.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

Very ingeniously thought out: very skilfully put, with probably the only illustration which would go on all fours.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

There were many places so steep and stony that they were often obliged to go on all fours, and Klein, who was both weak and nervous, stood in constant danger of his life.

From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Gilson, Charles