come and go

Idioms  

1. 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]

2. 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 .

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Example Sentences

To have a little company, I propped the kitchen door open so Rowdy could come and go.

From Literature

But if an otter were doomed to distant petdom, there could be few better homes than the remote bay where Mijbil was free to come and go.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a previous statement to the BBC, the Met did not confirm whether the officers stayed at Epstein's home, as suggested in the emails, nor whether they were given a security code to come and go as they needed.

From BBC

Bull and bear markets come and go in long waves, but you would be hard-pressed to get that cautionary news from the average Wall Street stock salesman.

From MarketWatch

They come and go from No. 10 — but Larry the cat remains.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• alter
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• vary
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