COME AND GO Definition & Meaning

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come and go

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]
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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Democratic politicians—including presidents—come and go.

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Santa Monica has seen amusement parks come and go over more than 120 years, but POP is of fairly recent and fond memory.

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But deadlines come and go on this show, and though we’re treated to repeated shots of the countdown clock, it doesn’t create much actual tension.

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Yet the medium cheerily explained that she could make the voices come and go as she pleased.

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The medium cheerily explained that she could make the voices come and go as she pleased.

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