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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
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{
"ref": "2009, Dorothy Rich with Beverly Mattox, Megaskills for Babies, Toddlers, and Beyond: Building Your Child's Happiness, page 43:",
"text": "Roll the ball to your child, who then rolls it back to you. After a few back-and-forths, roll the ball to a nearby corner of the room or other hiding place.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing."
],
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[
"forward",
"forward"
],
[
"return",
"return"
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[
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"emotional"
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[
"relationship",
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[
"physical",
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{
"ref": "1895, United States Congress, “Congressional serial set”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 11214, page 718:",
"text": "There's some back and forth between Simpson and his CIA counterparts and, in essence, the CIA says that you must ship all of the quantities requested.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Imogen Heap, “Clean (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 2023 October 27:",
"text": "It was months and months of back and forth, ah-ah, ah-ah\nYou're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Negotiations or discussions (not necessarily fruitful) between two or more parties; a dialog."
],
"links": [
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"negotiation"
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[
"discussion",
"discussion"
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"fruitful",
"fruitful"
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"parties"
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{
"sense": "negotiations",
"word": "tug of war"
},
{
"word": "back-and-forth"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vaivé"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǎng-fǎn",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "往返"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láihuí",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "來回 /来回"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "oscilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "edestakainen liike"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "va-et-vient"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "allées et venues"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hin und Her"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pigainéla",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πηγαινέλα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "swinging/rocking",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "himbálózás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "undulation/fluctuation",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "hullámzás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "commuting or pendulum-like movement",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "ingázás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "(vacillation/fluctuation) ingadozás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "alternation",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "váltakozás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "andirivieni"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viavai"
},
{
"alt": "いったりきたり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ittari-kitari",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"word": "行ったり来たり"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ruch tam i z powrotem"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "negotiations or discussions between two or more parties, a dialog",
"word": "huzavona"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "negotiations or discussions between two or more parties, a dialog",
"word": "huzakodás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "negotiations or discussions between two or more parties, a dialog",
"word": "vitatkozás"
}
],
"word": "back and forth"
}
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