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to and fro

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After a few hours of to-and-fro with his commander, the squad was given permission to do what they wanted with him.

It was not difficult to fancy he saw an indistinct moving to-and-fro below him.

He called, groaned, hissed that name, while his to-and-fro ranging quickened to a trot.

A young man, member of the church, by the name of Teams stepped out in the aisle and began to yell and stamp and walk to-and-fro.

When we make a rapid to-and-fro motion we send out great waves in the æther.

There is no peace for us so long as the coil is kept revolving; we are kept in a constant state of rapid to-and-fro motion.

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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to to-and-fro, such as: averseness, delay, delaying, doubt, dubiety, and equivocation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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