Complete Definition of "to and fro"

English

Adverb
to and fro

  1. Back and forth; with an alternating motion.

#*1883, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: ...a light tossing to and fro and still rapidly advancing, showed that one of the newcomers carried a lantern.

Translations
trans-top|back and forth
trans-mid
Swedish: av och an
trans-bottom

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