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Meanings of back and forth in English

Portuguese
vai e vem

Moving from one place to another and back again.

        vai e vem
        Usage of back and forth in English
        1
        Fantastic work by both ladies here, really, really good back and forth.
        The South African
        2
        Try to diagonal back and forth as you work your way down.
        Climbing Magazine
        3
        And so the back and forth continues well into its second week.
        News.com.au
        4
        He'd gone back and forth many times on the issue of divorce.
        Latte trouble
        5
        Alan was lunging back and forth; stamping; flinging his tiny adversaries away.
        Beyond the Vanishing Point
        6
        The case lasted for weeks, with volumes of argument back and forth.
        The golden compass
        7
        Many phones allow text messages to be passed back and forth silently.
        Wired
        8
        Sarath asked the question and the two men rattled back and forth.
        Anil's ghost
        9
        Those people needed that gas to get back and forth to work.
        Ebony
        10
        An enormous amount of information had just been passed back and forth.
        Still alice
        11
        Usually a small ferry plied back and forth several times a day.
        Winter’s Tale
        12
        Two civil-guards paced back and forth in the street near the church.
        The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
        13
        His head was swaying; it rolled back and forth on the ground.
        The Delight Makers
        14
        Draft laws flew back and forth between Cambodia and the United Nations.
        Reuters
        15
        Got kicked back and forth between different empires from age to age.
        Anathem
        16
        The plan languished for years, with draft laws flying back and forth.
        Reuters
        Translations for back and forth