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back-and-forth

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bak′ən fôrth′, -fōrth′, -ənd-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
back-and-forth  (bak′ən fôrth′, -fōrth′, -ənd-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. backward and forward;
    side to side;
    to and fro:a back-and-forth shuttling of buses to the stadium; the back-and-forth movement of a clock's pendulum.

n. 
  1. unresolved argument or discussion.
  • 1605–15

'back-and-forth' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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He kept walking back and forth, being too excited to say a single word.
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