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to and fro

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  • adj.back and forth
  • nounhesitation

synonyms for to and fro

  • backward and forward
  • backwards and forwards
  • forward and back
  • from side to side
  • here and there
  • in and out
  • off and on
  • seesaw
  • up and down
  • zigzag
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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to to and fro, such as: backward and forward, backwards and forwards, forward and back, from side to side, here and there, and in and out.

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How to use to and fro in a sentence

It was not difficult to fancy he saw an indistinct moving to-and-fro below him.
THE EMPTY HOUSE AND OTHER GHOST STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOOD
He called, groaned, hissed that name, while his to-and-fro ranging quickened to a trot.
THE LORD OF THE SEAM. P. SHIEL
A young man, member of the church, by the name of Teams stepped out in the aisle and began to yell and stamp and walk to-and-fro.
BIRTH OF A REFORMATIONANDREW BYERS
When we make a rapid to-and-fro motion we send out great waves in the æther.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ELECTRONCHARLES R. (CHARLES ROBERT) GIBSON
There is no peace for us so long as the coil is kept revolving; we are kept in a constant state of rapid to-and-fro motion.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ELECTRONCHARLES R. (CHARLES ROBERT) GIBSON
All arbitrary goings to-and-fro, all idle fancies, all accidental ups-and-downs of emotion must be forbidden in the same way.
THE WAY OF INITIATIONRUDOLF STEINER
M. Marey says that the wing in its to-and-fro movements is bent in various directions by the resistance of the air.
MAGIC, STAGE ILLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DIVERSIONS INCLUDING TRICK PHOTOGRAPHYALBERT A. HOPKINS
She sat in her low nursing-chair slowly rocking to-and-fro the baby in her arms.
THE MEASURE OF A MANAMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR
John with a breaking heart lifted her in his arms and carried her gently to-and-fro.
THE MEASURE OF A MANAMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR
With this was sent a whip, thus establishing a to-and-fro communication.
THE PILLAR OF LIGHTLOUIS TRACY
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WORDS RELATED TO TO AND FRO

  • alternating
  • backwards and forwards
  • from pillar to post
  • from side to side
  • in and out
  • seesaw
  • to and fro
  • up and down
  • vacillating
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.