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fro

  [froh]
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–adverb
1. Obsolete. from; back.
—Idiom
2. to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth: The trees were swaying to and fro in the wind.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME frō, frā < ON frā from; akin to OE fram from
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'fro

  [froh]
–adjective, noun, plural 'fros. Informal.
Afro.
Also, fro.

Origin:
1970–75; by shortening
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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fro   (frō)   
adv.  Away; back: moving to and fro.
prep.   Scots
From.

[Middle English, probably from Old Norse frā; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
Afro

and fro
  1. n.
    a hairdo, sometimes worn by American blacks, where the hair appears to be a large puffy ball. (From African.) : Man, I thought Afros went out in the sixties! , This rain's gonna ruin my fro!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fro 
"away, backwards," c.1200, North Eng. and Scot. dial. fra, Midlands dial. fro, from O.N. fra "from" (see from).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

fro

see to and fro.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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