all fours
noun
- noun The four legs of a quadruped.
- noun The four limbs of a primate. “to be on all fours”
- noun (card games) A card game similar to whist.
- noun A certain game of dominos.
Synonyms
Etymology
formerly, All` four".
Webster’s 1913
- All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. 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.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “all fours”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details