back-and-forth

The definition of back and forth is going from one place to another and then returning to the first location, often over and over again.

(adverb)

An example of back and forth is when a person goes to LA, then to San Francisco, then back to LA, then back to San Francisco again.

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See back-and-forth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

moving forward and backward; to-and-fro

See back-and-forth in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb
  1. Backward and forward; to and fro.
  2. From side to side.

Related Forms:

  • backˈ-and-forthˌ (băkˈăn-fôrthˌ, -fōrthˌ) noun & adj.

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