and so forth

Idioms and Phrases

Also, and so on . And more of the same, also, and others. For example, At the mall, we shopped, had lunch, shopped some more, and so forth , or She planned to buy an entire outfit in blue—dress, shoes, hat, and so on . The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the early 1700s. Also see and the like .

Related Words

• thus