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went both ways

vb. (en-simple past of: go both ways)

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Mistral Thrax had attempted to capture history, and in grasping it realized that it went both ways - back through time to what had been and forward somehow to hint at what might yet be.

Mistral Thrax had attempted to capture history, and in grasping it realized that it went both ways —.

Javanne expected her children to be loyal to her, but did not seem to know that it went both ways.