on all fours

1. On one's hands and knees, as in Seven of us were on all fours, looking for the lost earring in the sand. In this idiom fours refers to the four limbs. [1300s]

Example Sentences

I liked the plot better on a second watch when I knew not to expect Jamie Lee Curtis on all fours.

From Los Angeles Times

Playing on the title, she poses on all fours like a dog while a faceless man pulls her hair.

From Los Angeles Times

So it was something of a branding problem when a video appeared on the internet earlier this year showing Halili on all fours wearing a minidress, while several other scantily-clad women dance around her, giggling.

From Salon

He crouches on all fours in his silk pajamas like a panther ready to pounce.

From Los Angeles Times

The Durham pair added 37 from 31 balls before Stokes charged at Noman, comically flung his bat into the leg side and was left on all fours as wicketkeeper Muhammad Rizwan removed the bails.

From BBC

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