Riding fan got on badly, moving back and forth

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vb. (present participle of to and fro English)

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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Across the Rhine, there is less toing and froing . ▪ Meanwhile Mr Gittings' head was obviously beginning to spin from all this toing and froing . ▪ This was tedious work, involving, as you can imagine, a great deal of toing and ...