fro
Obsolete. from; back.
Idioms about fro
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth: The trees were swaying to and fro in the wind.
Origin of fro
1Other definitions for 'fro (2 of 2)
or fro
Origin of 'fro
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use fro in a sentence
From Mad Men's Jon Hamm to Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick, torso-fros are (finally) making a comeback.
Oscillations, again, are surgings to and fro: the crystal tends to let the "tos" go through and to stop the "fros."
The Romance of War Inventions | Thomas W. CorbinDar wuz a ring out yonder on de grass de fust thing dis mawnin', en de fros' ain' never so much ez teched it.
The Builders | Ellen Glasgow"Dar's gwine ter be er killin' fros' fo' mawnin'," said Moses, his teeth chattering from the draught let in by the opening door.
The Voice of the People | Ellen GlasgowHe had allowed it to grow upon Joe Lamont's assertion that "de wheesker, she's help keep hout de fros', Bagosh."
Burned Bridges | Bertrand W. Sinclair
For there are windings, and tos and fros, in His ways, which blind bodies like us cannot see.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Samuel Rutherford
British Dictionary definitions for fro (1 of 2)
/ (frəʊ) /
back or from: See to and fro
Origin of fro
1British Dictionary definitions for fro (2 of 2)
'fro
/ (frəʊ) /
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with fro
see to and fro.
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