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MOVE BACK AND FORTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does move back and forth mean? 

MOVE BACK AND FORTH (verb)
  The verb MOVE BACK AND FORTH has 1 sense:

1. move in one direction and then into the opposite directionplay

  Familiarity information: MOVE BACK AND FORTH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOVE BACK AND FORTH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Move in one direction and then into the opposite direction

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "move back and forth" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move back and forth"):

rock; shake; sway (move back and forth or sideways)

sway; swing (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner)

flicker; flitter; flutter; quiver; waver (move back and forth very rapidly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP


 Context examples 


They move back and forth between marine and freshwater ecosystems to rebalance their salt levels — and to feed.

(Alligators, rulers of the swamps, link marine and freshwater ecosystems, NSF)



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