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backwards and forwards

ADVERB
in detail
Synonyms
WEAK
assiduously completely comprehensively from A to Z from top to bottom fully in and out inside out thoroughly through and through up and down whole hog

Example Sentences

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She hesitates for about 30 seconds, walking backwards and forwards.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

I felt dragged backwards and forwards in time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024

“This was heart wrenching, it was backwards and forwards and there were moments when I thought it was going in one direction and then in another,” Cauce says, on the video news conference.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

"You need someone there you can access in the full language. Not writing backwards and forwards."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023

Then he again dismounted and examined the ground, going backwards and forwards on foot.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien