back-and-forthn.
An exchange (of words, views, etc.); reciprocity, give-and-take.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > exchange of words
give and take1837
pat-ball1927
ping-pong1934
exchange1939
back-and-forth1941
1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee xxii. 293 Then the man asked if he couldn't 'range fur a conference en they had a lot of back-and-forth.
1969 D. Acheson Present at Creation (1970) xxi. 192 He was not good in the fast back-and-forth of a press conference.
1979 Dædalus Summer 14 In the back-and-forth of competing charges and counter-charges..there certainly is a fund of hypocrisy.
1980 Guardian Weekly 13 Jan. 16/1 We have resisted using trade, agricultural sales,..sports and cultural back-and-forth.
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