coming and going

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coming and going

noun comings and goings

  1. idiomatic, singular, uncountable, usually A general bustle of activity. Many roads and tracks crossed the green fields, and there was much coming and going: wains moving in lines towards the Great Gate, and others passing out.
  2. countable, idiomatic, in plural, usually The activities of a specified person or group.

verb

  1. gerund, idiomatic, participle, present present participle and gerund of come and go

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noun plural sense: activities of a person or group

Españolidas y venidas, ir y venir, vaivén
हिन्दीआवागमन āvāgman, आना-जाना ānā-jānā
Françaisfaits et gestes, va-et-vient
DeutschKommen und Gehen
Italianoil va e vieni, andirivieni

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@misc{coming_and_going_2026,
  title = {coming and going},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coming%20and%20going},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}