come and go
Idioms-
Arrive and depart, either briefly or repeatedly; go to and fro. Shakespeare had it in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2:2): “He may come and go between you both.” [Late 1300s]
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Alternately appear and disappear, as in This rash is odd; it comes and goes . [Mid-1300s] Also see coming or going ; easy come, easy go .
Example Sentences
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Owners may come and go, but that wascally wabbit stays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"The bees now come and go and feel settled," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
But it’s head-spinning for fans, with team rosters changing from year to year as transfers come and go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Tigers, so often the bastions of a physical, aggressive gameplan, have opened up, and a 13-year psychodrama that has seen almost 30 coaches come and go, might well be over too.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Inej and the others watched the traffic come and go through the gates as they picked at their lunches, waiting for a sign of the prison wagons.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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