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from side to side

from side to side prepositional phrase: moving or turning back and forth.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Moving or turning back and forth.

Questions about from side to side

What does from side to side mean?
From side to side means moving or turning back and forth.
What part of speech is from side to side?
From side to side is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from side to side in the dictionary

  1. from one day to the next
  2. from pillar to post
  3. from post to pillar
  4. from scratch
  5. from sea to shining sea
  6. from side to side
  7. from soda to hock
  8. from someone's mouth to God's ears
  9. from soup to nuts
  10. from start to finish
  11. from stem to stern

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