What does backwards and forwards mean?

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backwards and forwards

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

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adv

backward and forward (alternative) forwards and backwards (alternative) forward and backward (alternative)

back and forth

What does backwards and forwards mean?: Thoroughly; completely, comprehensively.

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