and so forth

Idioms  

1. Also, and so on. And more of the same, also, and others. For example, At the mall, we shopped, had lunch, shopped some more, and so forth, or She planned to buy an entire outfit in blue—dress, shoes, hat, and so on. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the early 1700s. Also see and the like.

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and so forth

He added: "We are co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement. We have very significant obligations to mind it and to progress it and so forth."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The U.S. business environment has always been underpinned by population increase—more workers, so more people earning wages, so more money to spend on cars and clothes and so forth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The authors slice up their subject into 10 brief chapters neatly labeled “First Foods,” “Food Fit for Children,” “Table Manners” and so forth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

There are lots of financial advisers who develop an expertise in helping people with unique circumstances — Canadians living in the U.S., teachers, dentists, military families and so forth.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

How do you estimate the total need, per patient per year, for doctors, nurses, drugs, laboratory tests, hospital beds, x-rays, and so forth, in the best of rational worlds?

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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