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to a lower place |
to a man |
to a t |
to advantage |
to all intents and purposes |
to and fro
| to be expected
| to be precise
| to be sure
| to begin with
| to blame
to and fro
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial to and fro has 1 sense
- to and fro(r = adv.all) back and forth, backward and forward - moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day"
THESAURUS
to and fro
alternately, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, by turns, capriciously, changeably, desultorily, erratically, every other, hitch and hike, in and out, in rotation, in turns, inconstantly, make and break, mutatis mutandis, off and on, on and off, reciprocally, ride and tie, round and round, seesaw, shuttlewise, turn about, uncertainly, unsteadfastly, unsteadily, up and down, variably, vice versa, waveringlyROGET THESAURUS
to and fro
Oscillation
N oscillation, vibration, libration, motion of a pendulum, nutation, undulation, pulsation, pulse, alternation, coming and going, ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down, fluctuation, vacillation, wave, vibratiuncle, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge, logan, loggan, rocking-stone, vibroscope, oscillating, oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory, libratory, rectilinear, vibratory, vibratile, pendulous, to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.
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