fro : Idioms & Phrases
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To and fro
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adverb moving from one place to another and back again
back and forth; backward and forward.
- 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
WordNet
- forward and back. In this phrase, to is adverbial.
There was great showing both to and fro. Chaucer.
Webster 1913
To-and-fro
- a pacing backward and forward; as, to commence a to-and-fro. Tennyson.
