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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

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Tides will now be lifting it up and down, and where it is touching the continental shelf, it will grind backwards and forwards, eroding the rock and ice.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

The car was driven backwards and forwards in an apparent attempt to escape.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

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

Hooper whimpered, and rocked himself a little, backwards and forwards.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

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