: activity involving alternating movement in opposite directions
the busy to-and-fro of the holiday shoppers
: forward and backward
: from one place to another
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Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 16 June 2025
However, the following season and after a to-and-fro battle with Notts County, Wrexham got the job done and was promoted as fifth-tier champion with a record points total.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Thus the actual Greenspan glides to and fro between characters, often becoming Mona, telling her friends how absolutely wonderful David Greenspan is.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The 28 Days Later photocall in Paris on June 4 saw Taylor-Johnson wear his beard shaved much lower to his face, but the windy conditions of the day caused his curls to drift to-and-fro.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 16 June 2025
However, the following season and after a to-and-fro battle with Notts County, Wrexham got the job done and was promoted as fifth-tier champion with a record points total.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
Most simply move people to and fro, like ferries to places the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii or the Statue of Liberty in New York.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Thus the actual Greenspan glides to and fro between characters, often becoming Mona, telling her friends how absolutely wonderful David Greenspan is.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“To-and-fro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to-and-fro. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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