Doing A and B (repeatedly, one after another)
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抜きつ抜かれつで白熱したリレーだった。
It was a neck-and-neck, heated relay.
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父は部屋を行きつ戻りつ忙しそうにしている。
Dad looks busy, pacing back and forth in the room.
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Basic Examples:
行きつ戻りつ (going back and forth)
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mysticfive
Level: 1611
(13 years ago)
the two verbs are always opposites; many times they're the active verb and the passive verb - ie 二つの選手が抜きつ抜かれつ走った the two runners traded first place back and forth
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