come and go
idiom
1
—used to talk about time that has passed
More than a hundred years have come and gone since the day of that famous battle.
2
—used to talk about people who appear and then leave as time passes
She's seen a lot of employees come and go during her time in the company.
Politicians come and go. They all seem pretty much the same to me.
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Frontier characters with colorful language come and go in spurts of saloon musing and fireside dialogue.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
In another timeline, Joel Souza’s Rust would come and go with mild fanfare and maybe some critical praise.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Politicians come and go; our world needs practical, durable climate tech solutions!
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But ADs come and go at UNM with little fanfare, and the football team has two winning seasons in the last 17.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
In another timeline, Joel Souza’s Rust would come and go with mild fanfare and maybe some critical praise.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Politicians come and go; our world needs practical, durable climate tech solutions!
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But ADs come and go at UNM with little fanfare, and the football team has two winning seasons in the last 17.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Come and go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20and%20go. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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