move back and forth

Verb

Meaning

move in one direction and then into the opposite direction

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Examples

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do. Maurice Sendak

I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth. Nathan Lane

When I wrote The Interestings, I wanted to let time unspool, to give the book the feeling of time passing. I had to allow myself the freedom to move back and forth in time freely, and to trust that readers would accept this. Meg Wolitzer

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