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
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
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.
Eudena, watching him with a fearful admiration from the cover of the bracken, saw him presently go on all fours, and so proceed again.
From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
