to go to and fro

  • 111ups and downs — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, alternation, back and forth, chain of circumstances, chain reaction, chapter of accidents, coming and going, concatenation of events, ebb and flow, feast and famine, flux and reflux, ins and outs,… …

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  • 112Again and again — Again A*gain (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[ a]n, against, again; on + ge[ a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. [1913 Webster] 2. Another time; once more;… …

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  • 113Now and again — Again A*gain (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[ a]n, against, again; on + ge[ a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. [1913 Webster] 2. Another time; once more;… …

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  • 114To and again — Again A*gain (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[ a]n, against, again; on + ge[ a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. [1913 Webster] 2. Another time; once more;… …

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  • 115coming and going — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, alternation, back and forth, ebb and flow, flux and reflux, reciprocation, rhythmic play, seesaw, seesawing, sine wave, teeter, teeter totter, teeter tottering, teetering, to and fro, tottering, ups… …

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  • 116flux and reflux — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, alternation, back and forth, coming and going, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, flood, flood tide, flow, flux, full tide, high tide, high water, low tide, low water, lunar tide, neap, neap… …

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  • 117here and there — 1) clumps of crabgrass here and there Syn: in various places, in different places; at random 2) they darted here and there Syn: back and forth, around, about, to and fro, hither and thither, in all directions …

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  • 118Back and forth — Back Back, adv. [Shortened from aback.] 1. In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. [1913 Webster] 2. To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for… …

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  • 119back-and-forth — /bak euhn fawrth , fohrth , euhnd /, adj. 1. backward and forward; side to side; to and fro: a back and forth shuttling of buses to the stadium; the back and forth movement of a clock s pendulum. n. 2. unresolved argument or discussion. [1605 15] …

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  • 120up-and-down — Synonyms and related words: alternate, back and forth, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitous, reciprocal, reciprocative, right angle, right angled, right angular, seesaw, sheer, sine wave, steep, straight up,… …

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