as in away
from this or that place ferries carrying passengers to and fro

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Recent Examples of fro What is Rassi on the lookout when shopping for new pieces to rock while working fro home? Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 25 May 2021
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Adverb
  • Productive performers such as Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool fizzled out before being shipped away, and veteran acquisitions such as Allen Robinson and Mike Williams never took off.
    Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Hartford audiences already aware, and refuse to swat it away.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • When the Dodgers were pushed to the brink of elimination, down 2-1 in the NL Division Series to the San Diego Padres, Roberts managed a bullpen game, sparking a run of 24 consecutive scoreless innings that extended into the next round.
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Russian assaults are down from up to 60 per day to as few as 18, CDS concluded.
    David Axe, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Outfielder Austin Slater is out two to three weeks with a left oblique strain suffered Monday.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Gilda Radner Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love Gilda Radner?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Fro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fro. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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