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

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

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)

“This don’t go on all fours with our map.”

From The Peril Finders by Piffard, Harold

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