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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



... epoch-making in her life. It is, as I have said, a far cry from Lahore to South Hadley. It means not only physical acclimatization, but far more delicate adjustments of the mind and spirit. Many a missionary, going back and forth at intervals of five or seven years, could tell you of the periods of strain and stress that those migrations bring. How much more for a girl still in her teens! New conventions, new liberties, new reserves—it was young David going forth in Saul's ...
— Lighted to Lighten: The Hope of India • Alice B. Van Doren
... scene. This is a nice point; for a congestion of dishes in the dining-room spoils the effect of an otherwise well-managed service. The maid will also keep the stack of plates, etc., replenished; and she will carry back and forth from the pantry the salad bowl and ...
— Etiquette • Agnes H. Morton
... cautioned Little Jack Rabbit, as he and the little squirrel hurried down the Old Cow Path to the Shady Forest. Just then they met Mrs. Cow. She was wagging her head back and forth to brush off the flies and the little bell on her leather collar ...
— Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers • David Cory
... satisfy the animal, for the sheep had worked it pretty well down ahead of him. So Pink-eye went to sleep, and Tad found himself nodding so persistently that he forced himself to get up and walk back and forth a few paces ...
— The Pony Rider Boys in Montana • Frank Gee Patchin
... invocation to Paris—and the Englishman stirred uneasily beside him. It seemed to Hartley that to stand on a bridge, in a top-hat and evening clothes, and sing operatic airs while people passed back and forth behind you, was one of the things that are not done. He tried to imagine himself singing in the middle of Westminster Bridge at half-past eight of an evening, and he felt quite hot all over at the thought. It was not done at all, he said to himself. He looked a little nervously at the people ...
— Jason • Justus Miles Forman


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