on all fours

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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.

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The Milltown trip had not been without its tragic consequences of a small sort; for the next week Minnie Smellie's mother told Miranda Sawyer that she'd better look after Rebecca, for she was given to "swearing and profane language;" that she had been heard saying something dreadful that very afternoon, saying it before Emma Jane and Living Perkins, who only laughed and got down on all fours and chased her. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context But this time I noticed that, when picking himself up, he remained longer than usual on all fours, baring his big teeth over his shoulder and glaring upwards at his uncle with a new sort of hate in his round, yellow eyes. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context Now, therefore, send the Christian dog on all fours, and barefoot, into the holy place to mend the clock, and let him go as an ass The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			old wives' tale olde-worlde olive omit from on on a diet on a dime on a first-name basis on a fool's errand on a knife-edge on a par with on a pedestal on a power trip on a roll on a shoestring on a silver platter on a slippery slope on a string on a tangent on a tight leash on a wing and a prayer on account on account of on active duty on again, off again on all fours on an empty stomach on an even keel on any account on approval on automatic pilot on balance on behalf of on bended knee on best behavior on board on borrowed time on Broadway on call on campus on case on cloud nine on coat-tails on consignment on course on credit on cue on dangerous ground on dead center on deathbed on deck			on a tight leash On a Totally Irrelevant Subject On A Totally Unrelated Subject On a wind On a Wing and a Prayer On Accepting First Principles on account on account on account on account on account on account on account of on account of on account of on account of on account of on account of on account of this On Account Payment on active duty on advance notice on advance notice with some kind of notification or indication that on again, off again on air on air On Air Activation On Air Promotion ON ALERT on all counts on all fours On an average on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an even keel on an even keel on an even keel on an even keel on an impulse on an impulse on an impulse on an impulse on an individual basis on an irregular basis On An Unrelated Subject on and off on and off on and off on and off On And Off Instruments on and on on and on on and on on and on On Another Note On Another Subject On Another Topic on any account

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