to-ing and fro-ingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌtuː.ɪŋ ən ˈfrəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˌtuː.ɪŋ ən ˈfroʊ.ɪŋ/repeated movement from one place to another:
Inevitably, when both parents have custody of the child, there's a lot of to-ing and fro-ing between them for the child concerned.
also to-ings and fro-ings many different and repeated discussions and activities:
The legal to-ings and fro-ings could delay the start of the trial.
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Backwards, sideways and back and forth
- anticlockwise
- aside
- back
- back and forth idiom
- backward
- backwards
- broadside
- counterclockwise
- hither
- hither and thither idiom
- retro
- right/wrong way round idiom
- side
- sideways
- stand
- swept-back
- there
- there and back idiom
- to and fro
- wrong
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