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back and forth
adverb as in backward and forward
Weak matches
alternating, backwards and forwards, from pillar to post, from side to side, in and out, seesaw, to and fro, up and down, vacillating
Example Sentences
The back-and-forth of the emerald ring was enough to put one in mind of the children’s game called hot potato, which has nothing to do with cooked spuds or even warm globes.
Benn took control from the first round and dominated against Eubank in a fight completely different from the back-and-forth classic in April.
Jonpaul Pezzo, owner of the NYC Bud dispensary, describes a monthslong back-and-forth with OCM for final approval on his latest store.
These stories of Hujar’s day come through in a mildly sardonic back-and-forth, Ms. Hall’s Rosenkrantz a sympathetic partner in the knowing dialogue that unfolds between them.
For the first time, American presidential candidates debated on live television, and Khrushchev was fascinated by the back-and-forth combat.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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