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Definition of fro adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fro

adverb

/frəʊ/

/frəʊ/

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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse frá (see from).

Idioms

to and fro

backwards and forwards
- She rocked the baby to and fro.
For the special uses of to in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example set to is in the phrasal verb section at set.

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