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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
All fours \All` fours"\ [formerly, All` four".]
All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of
a person.
[1913 Webster]
To be on all fours, To go on all fours, or To 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.
[1913 Webster]