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back and fill
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back and fill
about ship, alternate, battledore and shuttlecock, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change the heading, come about, come and go, dither, double a point, ebb and flow, equivocate, fetch about, flounder, fluctuate, go about, go through phases, gybe, heave round, hitch and hike, jibe, jibe all standing, miss stays, oscillate, pass and repass, pendulate, ply, reciprocate, ride and tie, ring the changes, round a point, seesaw, sheer, shift, shilly-shally, shuffle, shuttle, shuttlecock, slew, stagger, sway, swerve, swing, swing round, swing the stern, tack, teeter, teeter-totter, tergiversate, throw about, to-and-fro, totter, turn, turn back, vacillate, vary, veer, waver, wax and wane, wear, wear ship, wibble-wabble, wigwag, wind, wobble, yaw, zigzagFor further exploring for "back and fill" in Webster Dictionary Online