1. see-saw (from A to B) to keep changing from one situation, opinion, emotion, etc. to another and back again
   • ● Her emotions see-sawed from anger to fear.
   • ● Share prices see-sawed all day.
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   Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally used by sawyers as a rhythmical refrain): reduplication of the verb saw (symbolic of the sawing motion).

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1. (North American English also teeter-totter)
   [countable] a piece of equipment for children to play on consisting of a long flat piece of wood that is supported in the middle. A child sits at each end and makes the see-saw move up and down.
   • ● Can we go on the see-saw?
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2. [singular] a situation in which things keep changing from one state to another and back again
   • ● The match was a see-saw battle between the two teams.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally used by sawyers as a rhythmical refrain): reduplication of the verb saw (symbolic of the sawing motion).

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