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tos and fros

tos and fros is the third-person singular simple present indicative of to and fro.

Meaning of to and fro

Verb

to and fro (third-person singular simple present tos and fros or to and fros, present participle toing and froing or to and froing, simple past and past participle toed and froed or to and froed)

  1. (idiomatic) To go back and forth; to alternate.
    • "For a while I didn't tell anyone on the ward where I was going, but my toing and froing made people curious and eventually I confided in a few."2015, Barbara Taylor, The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times

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Questions about tos and fros

What is tos and fros the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tos and fros is the third-person singular simple present indicative of to and fro.

Words near tos and fros in the dictionary

  1. torymid
  2. torymids
  3. Toryshire
  4. Torzhok
  5. TOS
  6. tos and fros
  7. tosa
  8. Tosa Bay
  9. Tosado
  10. Tosados
  11. Tosafist

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