backward : Idioms & Phrases

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backward and forward

  • adverb moving from one place to another and back again
    to and fro; back and forth.
    • he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York
    • the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner
    • the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day
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look backward

  • verb look towards one's back
    look back.
    • don't look back while you walk
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reasoning backward

  • noun the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
    regress.
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To ring the bells backward

  • to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913