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  • 21to and fro — adverb moving from one place to another and back again (Freq. 11) 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… …

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  • 22to and fro — 1. adverb Back and forth; with an alternating motion. A light tossing to and fro and still rapidly advancing showed that one of the newcomers carried a lantern. 2. verb To go back and forth; to …

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  • 23to and fro — adverb in a constant movement backwards and forwards or from side to side. verb (be toing and froing) be moving to and fro. ↘vacillate between courses of action. noun constant movement backwards and forwards. Derivatives toing and froing noun …

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  • 24to and fro — forward and back again and again They went to and fro between the two items trying to decide what to buy …

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  • 25to and fro — ► ADVERB ▪ in a constant movement backwards and forwards or from side to side. DERIVATIVES toing and froing noun …

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  • 26to-and-fro — I. noun Date: 1553 activity involving alternating movement in opposite directions < the busy to and fro of the holiday shoppers > II. adjective Date: 1749 forward and backward …

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  • 27to and fro — in one direction and then in the opposite direction. The children were running to and fro, knocking over all the chairs …

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  • 28move to and fro — index oscillate, vacillate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29to and fro — adv. To and fro is used with these verbs: ↑pace, ↑rock, ↑swing …

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  • 30to and fro — idi alternately in opposite directions; trees swaying to and fro in the wind …

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