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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



... stormed it, "in so determined a manner," reported the enemy, "that our artillery men were bayoneted in the act of loading and the muzzles of the enemy's guns were advanced within a few yards of ours." Back and forth flowed the tide of battle in bloody waves, until midnight. Then sullenly and in good order the Americans retired three miles to camp at Chippawa. Next day the enemy resumed the position ...
— The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 - The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 • Ralph D. Paine
... room immediately, however, he decided to have a look at the weather. He stepped out upon the wet porch and closed the door behind him. The wind was still high; the lantern creaked and the dingy sign that hung above the steps gave forth raucous, spasmodic wails as it swung back and forth in the stiff, raw wind. Far away to the north lightning flashed dimly; the roar of thunder had diminished ...
— Green Fancy • George Barr McCutcheon
... back room. It was the only apartment that contained a bed. This was one of those immense country affairs, very high and broad, with tall fluted posts, draped with green serge curtains, sliding back and forth on iron rings. ...
— The Honor of the Name • Emile Gaboriau
... repeated this performance several times and I kept moving slowly back far enough to get her away from the little tent so the boys could get a good view of her. I suppose half an hour was occupied with her running back and forth while the boys looked in admiration. When I finally gave her the bag with all the good wishes of the camp, she grabbed it and ran into the tent ...
— Reno - A Book of Short Stories and Information • Lilyan Stratton
... long days in which Rimrock idled about town or rode back and forth to his mine, and then the gossips began to talk. A change, over night, had taken place in Rimrock the day after his return from New York. On the first great day he had been his old self—boasting, drinking, giving away his money ...
— Rimrock Jones • Dane Coolidge


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