backwards and forwards

backwards and forwards
جِيْئَةً وذَهابًا \ back and forth: moving first one way, then another, many times, first in one direction, then in the other. backwards and forwards: moving first one way, then the other, many times: He drives backwards and forwards to work every day. to and fro: this way and that way: The guards were marching to and fro. up and down: first one way, then the other: The guard marched up and down.

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