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back and forth

back and forth {adv.}

Backwards and forwards.

The chair is rocking back and forth.

The tiger is pacing back and forth in his cage.

Compare: TO AND FRO.

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[back] See: [BACK OF] or [IN BACK OF], [BEHIND ONE'S BACK], [BRUSH BACK], [COME BACK], [CUT BACK], [DOUBLE BACK], [DRAW BACK], [DROP BACK]. [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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