seesawed
past simple and past participle ofseesaw
seesaw
verb[I]
uk/ˈsiː.sɔː/us/ˈsiː.sɑː/tochangerepeatedlyfrom oneemotion,situation, etc. to another and then back again:
Hismindseesawed betweenhopeanddespairall through thoseweeks.
Changing your mind
- 180
- about-face
- about-turn
- back away
- back out
- cave in
- cold
- have another think comingidiom
- move
- oscillate
- oscillation
- pendulum
- pull
- pull out
- shift
- think againidiom
- think better ofsomethingidiom
- time-server
- time-serving
- volte-face
Examplesofseesawed
seesawed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This meant she frequentlyseesawedbetween debit and credit hours and had to keep a time balance sheet and make adjustments to meet her employment obligation.
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For the next year, possession of the cityseesawed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bilateral relations haveseesawedover the last century and a half between normal trade relations and serious tension over ideology and finance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Empirical and theoretical work on bipolar disorder has throughout historyseesawedbetween psychological and biological ways of understanding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Powerseesawedback and forth, 1931-36 as the monarchy was overthrown, and complex coalitions formed and fell apart.
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