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Back and forth   /bæk ənd fɔrθ/   Listen
adverb
Back  adv.  
1.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
2.
To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.
3.
To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.
4.
(Of time) In times past; ago. "Sixty or seventy years back."
5.
Away from contact; by reverse movement. "The angel of the Lord... came, and rolled back the stone from the door."
6.
In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.
7.
In a state of restraint or hindrance. "The Lord hath kept thee back from honor."
8.
In return, repayment, or requital. "What have I to give you back?"
9.
In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words.
10.
In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. (Colloq.)
Back and forth, backwards and forwards; to and fro.
To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. (Colloq.)


verb
Forth  v.  
1.
Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. "Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth." "From this time forth, I never will speak word." "I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more."
2.
Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. "When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun."
3.
Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. "I have no mind of feasting forth to-night."
4.
Throughly; from beginning to end. (Obs.)
And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From.
Forth of, Forth from, out of. (Obs.)
To bring forth. See under Bring.





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"Back and forth" Quotes from Famous Books



... from his pocket a little instrument with a needle which trembled back and forth over a dial. It was nearing the time for the start of the day's flying, and the aeroplanes were getting ready. Kennedy was calmly biting a cigar, casting occasional glances at the needle as it oscillated. Suddenly, as Williams rose ...
— The Silent Bullet • Arthur B. Reeve
... knees. Then, by slow stages, it pulled itself together, and after several unsuccessful attempts, tottering, stood on its feet. Tents, horses, sky, desert, and sun revolved in a bewildering kaleidoscope before his eyes. In the vastness of his skull a point of pain darted agonizingly back and forth. In his mouth was a taste like unto nothing known on this earth ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 • Various
... of the day. All are indifferent as to marching—everything about us having apparently come to a dead stand-still. The most absurd rumors have been flying about all the forenoon, the members of the Twenty-Third having nothing to do in their yawning idleness but to toss them back and forth like shuttlecocks. Among other luminous reports—the more alarming the more likely to be believed—is one that the rebels have struck in upon our line of communication by the flank and taken Fort Washington, ensuring the capture of the whole brigade. This ridiculous story finds credence in some ...
— Our campaign around Gettysburg • John Lockwood
... just now to everything but her grief, she left her to pace back and forth, wringing her hands and moaning like some caged creature, contenting herself with telling the children "they could mourn for their poor pa jest as well with less noise," while she prepared to receive the sympathetic callers with an intense satisfaction, ...
— Sara, a Princess • Fannie E. Newberry
... much of a coward at heart either to throw himself overboard or to face his enemy if there was any chance of escape, the unhappy Kipping hesitated one second too long. With a mighty lunge the negro caught him by the throat, and for a moment the two swayed back and forth in the open space ...
— The Mutineers • Charles Boardman Hawes


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