English-Finnish translations for back and forth

• edestakaisin
  Ei tätä asiaa voi pompotella edestakaisin tällä tavoin. This issue cannot be kicked back and forth like that.
  Tällainen aloite ei saa johtaa siihen, että ihmisiä kuljetetaan edestakaisin ylhäisen unionimme alueella. An initiative of this kind should not mean that people can just be shipped back and forth within our territory.
  Maatalouspolitiikka säilyy ristiriitaisena ja mahdottomana ennakoida niin kauan, kun sitä työnnellään tällä tavoin edestakaisin. Agricultural policy will remain contradictory and imponderable as long as it continues to be pushed back and forth in this way.
• edestakainen
  Presidentti Sarkozylle totean seuraavaa: meidän on lopetettava parlamentin edestakainen matkustaminen Brysselin ja Strasbourgin välillä. To Mr Sarkozy, I say: we have to put a stop to Parliament travelling back and forth between Brussels and Strasbourg.
• edestakainen liike

Definition of back and forth

• From one place to another and back again
• Going from one place or position to another and back again
• The movement forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing
• Negotiations or discussions between two or more parties, a dialog

Examples

• The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.

Related words

• back handspring
• backwards and forwards
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
• pace back and forth
• you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
• swap back and forth
• back of the hand
• hand back
• back of hand