Back and Forth

Back

Back adverb - Toward the rear.
Usage example: staring back, the newly convicted felon vowed revenge

Forth is an antonym for back.

Forth

Forth adverb - Toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time.
Usage example: go forth into the world with love and hope
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Synonyms for Forth

Back is an antonym for forth.

Both words in one sentence

  • Our Werebeasts Are Different Similarly enough, the Bjork music video Hunter had her changing back and forth into a bear and back into herself.
  • Back from the Dead In The Will Be Done, Praen brings himself back from being not just dead, but vaporized; and travels back and forth from heaven a few times.
  • Series / The Flash (2014) By shaking the tube back and forth, the contents would be shifted back and forth between the sides of the tube, further mixing the fluids instead of separating them.
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