pace back and forth

and pace up and down

to walk over and over the same short route nervously or anxiously. The leopard paced back and forth in its cage. I paced up and down, worrying about a variety of things.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eider	-	Basque
LabhrÁS	LOW-raws, LAV-raws	Irish
Goffredo	-	Italian
Aatos	AH:-tos	Finnish
Priscilla	pri-SIL-ə (English), pree-SHEEL-lah (Italian)	English, French, Italian, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical
Alexis	ah-LEK-sis (German), al-ek-SEE (French), ə-LEK-sis (English)	German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek