- to and fro as a adverb:
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to and fro
adverb
1 to and fro
Moving from one place to another and back again:
— The treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner.
synonyms: back and forth, backward and forward.
Roget 314: to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble†, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.
Moby thesaurus: alternately, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, by turns, capriciously, changeably, desultorily, erratically, every other, hitch and hike, in and out, in rotation, in turns, inconstantly, make and break, mutatis mutandis, off and on, on and off, reciprocally ... show more.
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