on all fours

Adverb
Synonyms: on all fours

WordNet 3.0

Adverb (1)

  1. on hands and knees“he got down on all fours to play with his grandson”Synonyms: on all fours
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

All fours \All` fours"\ [formerly, All` four".] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. [1913 Webster]

To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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