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Backing and filling

Synonyms for "backing and filling" (95 found)

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Informal (20)

Noun, verb, slang(9 words)

break turn shift ply swerve waffle jibe slew weasel

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

beat shilly-shally

Name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

swing wind duck wear tack

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(1 words)

ring the changes

General use (75)

Noun, verb(13 words)

change stagger shuffle vary dither wobble flounder sidestep shuttle ebb and flow shuttlecock gybe teeter-totter

Name, noun, verb(7 words)

sway waver veer totter yaw parry teeter

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(3 words)

alternate seesaw to-and-fro

Verb(29 words)

turn back go about evade reciprocate come about put back bring about vacillate bear off beat about bring round equivocate oscillate tergiversate prevaricate palter hem and haw blow hot and cold about ship come and go

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change course cast about wax and wane fetch about bear away miss stays throw about box off ride and tie

Adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(3 words)

fluctuate put about pendulate

teeter totter shilly shally swing round heave round double a point round a point wear ship bear to starboard cant round change the heading swing the stern jibe all standing go through phases hitch and hike pass and repass wibble-wabble

Noun(1 words)

battledore and shuttlecock

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