TO AND FRO
ADVERBS
► to and fro, backwards and forwards → TO AND AGAIN 1627 obs.
► backwards and forwards; to and fro → BACK AND FORE 1653
► to and fro; back and forth → BACK AND TO 1856
► to-and-fro or out-and-in → NEEK-NACK 1866
► to and fro, unsteadily → NIDDY-NODDY 1877
NOUNS
► a consistent to-and-fro motion; a wagging of the tongue → WALLOP 1884
VERBS
► to move to and fro in the wind; to be tossed about; to totter → WAIVE 1300 obs.
► to move to and fro or from side to side (the beard, hand, or something held in the hand); to wave, to wag → WAIVE 1338 obs.
► to swing or float to and fro → WALTER 1350 obs.
► to move unsteadily, as if about to fall; to totter, to reel; to sway to and fro → TITTER 1374 obs.
► to shake; to move to and fro → ROG 1400 obs.
► to roll to and fro; to move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc. → WALTER 1400 obs.
► to reel from side to side, to move to and fro → TAILYEVEY 1513 obs.
► of a person: to trot or trudge about, with the notion of exertion or fatigue; to make one’s way toilsomely; to run to and fro → JAUNT 1575 obs.
► to drive to and fro, to keep a person running to and fro → TIG-TAG 1643
► to shake to and fro → QUAGSWAG 1653 obs.
► to move, to stir; to move to one side; to move to and fro → JEE 1727
► to sway to and fro; to stagger → JAMMY 19C
► to wave, to cause to move to and fro with a regular motion; to wag → WAFF 1807
► to move to and fro; to wave, to waggle, to flap about, e.g. in driving off flies with the hand → WAMPISH 1818 obs.
► to move to and fro, to wave, to flap, to dangle, to flutter, to swing or shake → WALLOP 1822
► to drive, toss, or fly to and fro → BATTLEDORE 1858
► to move to and fro, to ‘dance’ around, to sashay → SASHY 1860
► to have an uncertain footing; to sway to and fro → ITLE Bk1902
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