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back and forth

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back and forth
if someone or something moves back and forth between two places, they move from one place to the other place again and again. Nurses went back and forth among the wounded, bringing food and medicine.
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Then the hand began to shake him back and forth with such good will that he was compelled to balance back and forth on all his four feet.
He was crying with sheer rage and eagerness as he circled back and forth for a chance to spring in.
He began to roar a song and stamp back and forth before the foot-lights, wildly waving a glossy silk hat and throwing leers, or smiles, broadcast.
 
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