to-ing and fro-ing

noun

ˈtü-iŋ-ən(d)-ˈfrō-iŋ 

plural to-ings and fro-ings

: a passing back and forth

Examples of to-ing and fro-ing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then there’s Sarah’s fatigue with hard-to-please customers in her decorator business, seen in repeated to-ing and fro-ing to find the right wall sconce. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023

There was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, but Peter Straughan is a very clever screenwriter, and his first draft was very, very sound. —Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022

But there was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing and eventually, some sort of resolution was reached. —Gary Graff, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022

There’s some excellent Albee-esque relational to-ing and fro-ing among Roy, Carl and Shannon, the wife Carl brings to Os from Canada. —Richard Lipez, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2020

Still, all the to-ing and fro-ing in splendid carriages was free for oohing and aahing to anyone who could crowd along the procession route. —Patt Morrison, latimes.com, 17 May 2018

Monday’s development follows much to-ing and fro-ing between Standard Bank and the South African authorities. —Renee Bonorchis, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

to and fro

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for to-ing and fro-ing

• bestowing
• churchgoing
• elbowing
• fallowing
• farrowing
• foregoing
• forgoing
• ongoing
• outflowing
• outgoing
• outgrowing
• seagoing