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to and fro

adv.

Back and forth.

to and fro

Adverb, adj

also to-and-fro

1. back and forth: he moved his head to and fro as if dodging blows

2. from one place to another then back again: the ferry sailed to and fro across the river

toing and froing n

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to and fro - moving from one place to another and back again; "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"

back and forth, backward and forward

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Now in no one of the seven apartments was there any lamp or candelabrum, amid the profusion of golden ornaments that lay scattered to and fro or depended from the roof.

The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

ON THE evening of New-Year's Day Grandfather was walking to and fro across the carpet, listening to the rain which beat hard against the curtained windows.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

(which I naturally assumed to be Women) interspersed with other Beings still smaller and of the nature of lustrous points -- all moving to and fro in one and the same Straight Line, and, as nearly as I could judge, with the same velocity.

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

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