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backward(s) and forward(s)
backward(s) and forward(s)
Back and forth; moving in one direction and then the opposite. Can be used literally to refer to something or someone moving in such a way, or figuratively to refer to a situation in which no progress is made (e.g., an argument). I was pacing backwards and forwards in my room last night, worrying about this morning's exam. The two candidates debated the gun laws backward and forward, but neither could offer a productive solution in the end.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Saule | | - | Latvian, Baltic Mythology |
Kiku | | kee-koo | Japanese |
Sunder | | - | Indian, Hindi, Tamil |
Ziegler | | ['zi:glə] | |
Sora | | so-ṙah | Japanese |
Aurel | | ow-REL (German) | German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak |