English-French translations for back and forth

• va-et-vient
  La première de ces choses est le cirque du va-et-vient des navettes à Strasbourg; la deuxième est la question des subventions versées à l'agriculture.One is Parliament's travelling circus shuttling back and forth to Strasbourg. The other is the question of subsidies to agriculture.
  Nous devrions dès lors, avec le Conseil, nous efforcer d'éviter ce va-et-vient d'argent, et de retransférer des fonds aux États membres cette fois. Therefore, together with the Council, we should strive to refrain from passing money back and forth and transferring funds back to Member States this time.
• allées et venues
  Une petite requête: le gouvernement suédois pourrait-il, pendant sa Présidence, se risquer à proposer une initiative visant à mettre un terme à ces allées et venues? A small entreaty: would it not be possible for the Swedish Government during the Presidency to hazard an initiative which might put an end to this travelling back and forth?
• aller-retour
• en long et en large

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