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

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Maresca was regularly animated, shouting instructions towards his players and running backwards and forwards.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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

A bow drawn backwards and forwards across a string, or a handle mechanism that turned the edge of a wheel against a string, were the most common solutions.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall