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
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
  • Part 1: in 1904, a family friend, General Kuropatkin, is entertaining young Nabokov with a trick involving matches when he is suddenly called away to the Russo-Japanese War.
    Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
Adverb
  • That City win — PSG’s first comeback from 2-0 down since May 2012, and their only ever in the Champions League — was a coming-of-age performance.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • Chris sits back down in his chair, his arm now around a 1976 bicentennial Gibson Firebird that Tom Petty used to play a month of shows at The Fillmore in the ’90s.
    Josh Brolin, Billboard, 29 May 2025
Adverb
  • It’s been years of songwriting, gigging and getting his music out there.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
  • The jury is still out, though, because final tariff levels are still up in the air and could rekindle inflation down the line.
    Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 31 May 2025

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“Fro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fro. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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