oscillate between

oscillate between (two people or things)

To waver or go back and forth between two different, often contrary people or things that once is trying to choose. I keep oscillating between the job in New York and the one in Los Angeles. You've oscillated between Steve and Tommy long enough—they deserve an answer one way or another.

oscillate between (someone or something and someone or something else)

to swing between (choosing) someone and someone else; to swing between (choosing) something and something else. Fred oscillated between going to college and getting a job. The boss oscillated between John and Roger.

See also: between, oscillate

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

oscillate
oscillate between (two people or things)
contrary to
contrary to (something)
draw forth
go against the flow
from that day/time forth
different sides of the same shield
two sides of a shield
two sides of the same shield

References in periodicals archive

But astronomers can see a blazar's most energetic gamma rays too well, leading the physicists to suggest that gamma rays oscillate between being photons and ALPs during their long voyage.

Distant galaxies hint at exotic particle

388) says that solar neutrinos oscillate between different flavors on the trip to Earth and that those taking a longer path have more time to oscillate into kinds of neutrinos that the sun doesn't produce.

Letters

The plate is free to oscillate between the rings, causing the fiber to twist and untwist.

Measuring the gravitational constant

词组	oscillate between
释义	oscillate between oscillate between (two people or things) To waver or go back and forth between two different, often contrary people or things that once is trying to choose. I keep oscillating between the job in New York and the one in Los Angeles. You've oscillated between Steve and Tommy long enough—they deserve an answer one way or another. See also: between, oscillate, people Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. oscillate between (someone or something and someone or something else) to swing between (choosing) someone and someone else; to swing between (choosing) something and something else. Fred oscillated between going to college and getting a job. The boss oscillated between John and Roger. See also: between, oscillate McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: oscillate oscillate between (two people or things) contrary to contrary to (something) draw forth go against the flow from that day/time forth different sides of the same shield two sides of a shield two sides of the same shield References in periodicals archive But astronomers can see a blazar's most energetic gamma rays too well, leading the physicists to suggest that gamma rays oscillate between being photons and ALPs during their long voyage. Distant galaxies hint at exotic particle 388) says that solar neutrinos oscillate between different flavors on the trip to Earth and that those taking a longer path have more time to oscillate into kinds of neutrinos that the sun doesn't produce. Letters The plate is free to oscillate between the rings, causing the fiber to twist and untwist. Measuring the gravitational constant
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