Meanings
noun
alternative to and fros
- pluralplural of to-and-fro
It's fascinating to watch these cyclic to-and-fros in science, like the rise and fall of hemlines, but more stimulating, intellectually at least.
2009, Derek Bickerton, Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans, page 321 more example
When you swing a child move it in short to-and-fros at first, and do not indulge in any high or rapid swings until the child is well used to the movement, ...
1875, E. Holland, Health in the nursery and how to feed and clothe a child with observations ..., page 41
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