Local English word record

backward and forward

adverb · 1 sense

moving from one place to another and back again

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Examples

  • he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York
  • the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner
  • the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0