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up and down

adverb

1 up and down

Moving backward and forward along a given course.

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.   

2 up and down

Alternately upward and downward.


Moby thesaurus: alternately, aplomb, at right angles, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, by turns, completely, every other, exhaustively, hitch and hike, in and out, in rotation, in turns, inside out, make and break, off and on, perpendicularly, plumb, reciprocally ... show more.

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