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
Beynon encountered enormous difficulties and, in many places, he and his men had to go on all fours to get along.
From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Paget, Walter
If we must not do our best to pass our friend and brother, we must give up climbing forever, and go on all fours placably with Don and Pontos.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
In this spot it is necessary to go on all fours, still backwards.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater
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
