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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]

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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