2 definitions
for on all fours
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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, 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
on all fours
adv : on hands and knees; "he got down on all fours to play with
his grandson"