fro

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   away or backward, now used chiefly in the fixed expression to and fro

   The lantern swung to and fro in the wind.

From Middle English fro and fra, from Old Norse frá ("from"), related to Old English fram and modern from. Once used independently for motion away, it survives mainly in the paired expression to and fro.

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