to-and-fros

See also: to and fros

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Noun

to-and-fros

  1. plural of to-and-fro
    • 1875, E. Holland, Health in the nursery and how to feed and clothe a child with observations ..., page 41:
      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, ...
    • 2009, Derek Bickerton, Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans‎, page 32:
      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.
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