to and froadverb [ before noun ], adjective
uk/ˌtuː ən ˈfrəʊ/us/ˌtuː ən ˈfroʊ/in one direction and then in the opposite direction, a number of times:
She was gazing out the window, rocking rhythmically to and fro.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
- anticlockwise
- aside
- back
- back and forth idiom
- backward
- backwards
- broadside
- counterclockwise
- hither
- hither and thither idiom
- retro
- right/wrong way round idiom
- side
- sideways
- stand
- swept-back
- there
- there and back idiom
- to-ing and fro-ing
- wrong
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