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    [Noun]  | "to-and-fro" | \ ˌtü-ən-ˈfrō \


    1: activity involving alternating movement in opposite directions


    Origin: 1553 ;

    [Noun]  | "to-ing and fro-ing" | \ ˈtü-iŋ-ən(d)-ˈfrō-iŋ \


    1: a passing back and forth


    Origin: 1847 ;

     To and fro;

    [Adjective]  | "to-and-fro" 


    1: forward and backward


    Origin: 1749 ;

    [Adverb]  | "to and fro" 


    1: from one place to another


    Origin: 14th century ;

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     [ "to and fro" ]

    1: It's another expression which means some like "Go and get back" or "moving on and on" or "restless".

      * e.g.,  ... This song is awesome, it makes me sway to and fro. 

     [ "fro" ]

    1: Puffy growth of hair, intentional or otherwise.

      * e.g.,  ... Bills beard looks like a facial fro. 


     [ "fro" ]

    2: See "afro"

     [ "fro" ]

    1: For Real Yo

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: You’re the best at this game bro! 

     [ "Froing" ]

    1: Froing (v.) - the act of moving or walking with a jarring or stumbling manner due to major impairment in one's motor skills / hand-eye coordination. Most often used for cannabis intoxication, but can also be transferred to alcohol intoxication due to similar clumsy movement.

      * e.g.,  ... Primary use:  


     [ "Froing" ]

    2: Originating from the Old English "to and fro"

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, check him out! He's so blitzed he's already froing! 

     [ "Fro" ]

    1: A slang term used to describe a Cigarette.

      * e.g.,  ... "yo! you got a fro?" 

     [ "FRO" ]

    1: Fuck Right Off

      * e.g.,  ... them "your momma....etc" you "oh, go FRO" 


     [ "FRO" ]

    2: when fuck off just isnt enough


     [ "FRO" ]

    3: started using it in college when started getting told off for swearing

     [ "fro" ]

    1: A place to store personal possessions.

      * e.g.,  ... <em>Do you have a pen?</em> 

     [ "'fro" ]

    1: Shortening of afro

      * e.g.,  ... Puffin' up the fro 

     [ "fro" ]

    1: (noun) A female bro. A woman who is cool and can hang with the guys.

      * e.g.,  ... Bros and Fros Before Hos 

     [ "The Fro" ]

    1: The amazing hair of My Chemical Romance guitarist, Ray Toro. Recently the Fro has been tamed and flattened significantly, to the extreme displeasure of the fans. The Chemicalists believe that the Fro will detatch from its host in an MCR apocalypse (note: We are joking people!)

      * e.g.,  ... "The fro looks like it's eating Ray's face in this picture." 

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