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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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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
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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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