to and fro

Definitions

1. 1

   Back and forth

   Back and forth; with a reciprocating motion.

   • A light tossing to and fro and still rapidly advancing showed that one of the newcomers carried a lantern.
2. 2

   To go back and forth

   To go back and forth; to alternate.

   • "For a while I didn't tell anyone on the ward where I was going, but my toing and froing made people curious and eventually I confided in a few."
3. 3

   Pertaining to something or someone moving forward and back to the same position.

   • The next day he had more power of moving his limbs, and the to and fro sound was thought to be a little less distinct.
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   1. 4

      The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position.…

      The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.

      • My life's a maze of seeming traps, A scene of mercies and mishaps; A heap of jarring to and fros, A field of joys, A field of woes.

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