on all fours

on all fours
adverb
on hands and knees (Freq. 1)
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he got down on all fours to play with his grandson

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adverb (or adjective)
: in exact correspondence : on the same footing

it is not easy to make a simile go on all fours — T.B.Macaulay

— often used with with

this principle is on all fours with that of the real-estate bloc — Stuart Chase

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on all fours
1. On four feet, or hands and feet, or hands and knees
2. Analogous or strictly comparable (with with; law)
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Main Entry: ↑four

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on all fours phrase
with your hands, knees, and feet on the ground

crawling around on all fours

Thesaurus: specific body positionshyponym in a lying positionsynonym
Main entry: four

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I
see four
II
on hands and knees or (of an animal) on all four legs rather than just the hind ones

Frankie scuttled away on all fours

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on all fours
of a person : with the hands and knees on the ground

The baby crawled away on all fours.

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Main Entry: ↑all fours

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on all ˈfours idiom
(of a person) bent over with hands and knees on the ground

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We were crawling around on all fours.

Main entry: ↑fouridiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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