back and forth

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   from one place to another and back again repeatedly

2. Editorial15% of films

   talk, banter, or argument passing between people

In the movies · 38

• We were arguing back and forth.The Thin Blue Line1988
• I am walking back and forth.The Suicide Squad2021
• I don't know about the rest of them, but I'm getting a little tired of this yackety-yackin' back and forth.12 Angry Men1957
• And vice versa, back and forth.John Williams: Live in Vienna2020
• Just pacing back and forth.The Best of Enemies2019
• There you are back and forth.Loving Vincent2017
• We would quote it back and forth.The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent2022
• ...and they're communicating back and forth.Blackfish2013

Learn it in full scenes

• The Thin Blue Line1988
  • Randall Meets David at the Gas Station
  • Detective Forces Adams to Sign
  • Officer Wood Shot at Traffic Stop
• 12 Angry Men1957
  • Jurors Gather in the Jury Room
  • Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty
  • The Jurors Go Around the Table

From the same entry

• at the back of your mind
• the back of beyond
• back to back
• back to front
• be glad, to see the back of
• behind back
• be on back
• break the back of
• get back up
• get off back
• have back
• have your back to the wall

More idioms

• quite a lot
• for sale
• nothing but
• to begin with
• bless you
• make fun of
• thanks to
• later on
• out of the question
• over and over
• go too far
• sure thing