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back-and-forthing

back-and-forthing noun: the situation where something figuratively oscillates back and forth.

Noun

back-and-forthing (uncountable)

  1. The situation where something figuratively oscillates back and forth.

Questions about back-and-forthing

What does back-and-forthing mean?
Back-and-forthing means the situation where something figuratively oscillates back and forth.
What part of speech is back-and-forthing?
Back-and-forthing is a noun.

Words near back-and-forthing in the dictionary

  1. back, crack and sacks
  2. back, sack and crack
  3. back-
  4. back-alley
  5. back-and-forth
  6. back-and-forthing
  7. back-and-forths
  8. back-annotate
  9. back-annotated
  10. back-annotates
  11. back-annotating

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