to and fro

Speech parts

1. to and fro - Noun

2. to and fro - Adjective

3. to and fro - Verb

4. to and fro - Adverb

Meaning

moving from one place to another and back again

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

to-and-fro

Synonyms

back and forth backward and forward about around across abroad everywhere passim all over at random here and there up and down from pillar to post far and wide hither and thither

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Antonyms

nowhere no place noplace not anywhere not in any place not to any place

Examples

And now you live dispersed on ribbon roads, And no man knows or cares who is his neighbor Unless his neighbor makes too much disturbance, But all dash to and fro in motor cars, Familiar with the roads and settled nowhere. T. S. Eliot

We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. Thomas Hood

When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters. Stephen Crane

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men. Ennius

He who remains in the mill grinds, not he who goes to and fro. Spanish Proverb

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. Hindi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

to an inadequate degree to an increasing extent to and again to and from to animate to announce