on all fours

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.on all fours - on hands and knees; "he got down on all fours to play with his grandson"

Translations

匍匐爬行

four

(foː) noun1. the number or figure 4. 四2. the age of 4. 四岁 adjective1. 4 in number. 四个（人或物）的 2. aged 4. 四岁的four- having four (of something). a four-man team. 有四（人）的 fourth noun1. one of four equal parts. 四分之一2. (also adjective) the last of four (people, things etc); the next after the third. 第四ˈfoursome noun a group of four people, especially for playing games, eg golf. We'll play in a foursome.四人一组ˈfour-year-old noun a person or animal that is four years old. 四岁 adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is four years old. 四岁的on all fours on hands and knees. He went up the steep path on all fours. 匍匐，爬行

on all fours

Of a person, on one's hands and knees; of a four-legged animal, on all four feet. I got down on all fours trying to find my ring in the sand. The bear got down on all fours and started charging at us through the trees.See also: all, four, on

on all fours

on one's hands and knees. I dropped a contact lens and spent an hour on all fours looking for it. The baby can walk, but is on all fours most of the time anyway.See also: all, four, on

on all fours

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] See also: all, four, on

on all ˈfours

with your knees, toes and hands on the floor: The ceiling of the tunnel was so low that we had to crawl along on all fours.See also: all, four, on

on all fours

adj. a reference to a lawsuit in which all the legal issues are identical (or so close as to make no difference) to another case, particularly an appeals decision which is a precedent in deciding the suit before the court. Thus, an attorney will argue that the prior case of Steele v. Merritt is "on all fours" with the case before the court, and so the court must reach the same conclusion. (See: precedent)