fro
From; away; back or backwardFrom; away; back or backward.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» We were running to and fro.
Wir liefen hin und her. — Zaghawa
Wir sind auf und ab gelaufen. — Zaghawa
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1 senses(not comparable)From; away; back or backward.
Examples
22 sentencesWe were running to and fro.
deWir liefen hin und her. — Zaghawa
He walked to and fro in front of her house.
deEr ging vor dem Haus hin und her. — cost
She was walking to and fro, lost in thought.
Вони ходила туди-сюди, занурена у свої думки. — aandrusiak
deSie lief gedankenversunken hin und her. — Waldelfe
His eyes went to and fro.
ruЕго глаза бегали туда-сюда. — papersaltserver
She walked restlessly to and fro.
Origin
From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”),From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.
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