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
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
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
“Because the baboons go on all fours, sir; and I could make out one man standing up as he ran off along the rocky bit of path.”
From The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War by Boucher, W.
In this spot it is necessary to go on all fours, still backwards.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater
