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to-and-fro

[too-uhn-froh] adjective, noun, plural -fros.
–adjective
1. back-and-forth: to-and-fro motion.
–noun
2. a continuous or regular movement backward and forward; an alternating movement, flux, flow, etc.: the to-and-fro of the surf.

Origin:
1820–30; adj. and n. use of adv. phrase to and fro, ME; see fro (def. 2)
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to-and-fro   (tōō'ən-frō')
n.  
  1. Movement back and forth; reciprocating movement.

  2. Debate over an issue; vacillation.

to'-and-fro' adj.
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