both ways
In reverse too
Both ways means in two directions or manners simultaneously.
Streets that allow traffic both ways permit movement in either direction.
To have it both ways is to enjoy two incompatible advantages—wanting the benefits of opposing positions without accepting their costs: You can't have it both ways.
The phrase swing both ways is slang for being bisexual.
- reciprocalShared between two parties
- mutualShared between parties
- bilateralInvolving two parties
- reversibleAble to be undone
- swingSuspended recreational seat
bisexual · back and forth · give and take · interchangeable · symmetrical · double-edged · flip-flop · vice versa · round trip · coming and going · ambidextrous · versatile · flexible · switchable · bidirectional · turnabout · quid pro quo · tit for tat
both waysone way
Single permitted direction
one-way · unidirectional · single direction · one-sided · irreversible
both waysone-sided
Unfairly weighted toward one
lopsided · unilateral · asymmetrical · imbalanced · asymmetric
both, ways, way, bother, bothersome