: backward and forward
also
: between two places or persons
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Examples of back-and-forth in a Sentence
Noun
after the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion
the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors
Adverb
The chair rocked back and forth.
The children were shuttled back and forth between school and home.
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Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
Those labor strikes were unprecedented, but the revelations around Cruise’s back-and-forth with regulators were also unnerving GM shareholders.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 May 2024
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Noun
In a back-and-forth fourth set, Magnin had two early kills to maintain a two-point Mavericks cushion.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
Those labor strikes were unprecedented, but the revelations around Cruise’s back-and-forth with regulators were also unnerving GM shareholders.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 May 2024
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“Back-and-forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-and-forth. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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