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back and forth

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[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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	{adv.} ¹⁵⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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