carponi

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carponi

  1. on all fours, on one's hands and knees
    Synonyms: a quattro piedi, a quattro zampe, gattoni
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Poi rotolò di lato e, stentando a ritrovare l'equilibrio, si mise carponi.
      Then he rolled over and raised himself unsteadily on hands and knees.
      (literally, “Then he rolled to the side and, struggling to regain his balance, got down on all fours.”)

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