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back and forth

 
See:
back
part of speech: phrase
definition 1: moving backward then forward, or forward then backward, often many times without stopping.
The children like to swing back and forth in that tree.
 
definition 2: moving in one direction and then toward the opposite, sometimes again and again.
The police officer walked back and forth in front of the building.