Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come and go

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.58 in modern English

Syllables: come and -go
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively).

verb

To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

verb

to elapse, pass by; to occur

Example Sentences

"He comes and goes as he pleases."
"Shepard: This isn't a station; it's a city. Kaidan: There must be millions here. It can't be possible to track everyone coming and going."
"Moorgate itself was another story. Here, the area was humming with activity. The entire street had been cordoned off. Fire engines, police vehicles, and ambulances were coming and going, and emergency personnel were hurrying around."
"My headaches come and go, but the pain in my neck is constant."
"So many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by"
"Opportunities came and went as Kuyt's deflected shot from an angle cannoned back off the woodwork and Carroll twice fired over after right-wing crosses from Kuyt and Johnson picked him out."

Inflected Forms

comes and goes (present, singular) coming and going (participle, present) came and went (past) come and gone (participle, past)

Phrases

coming and going ebb and flow here today, gone tomorrow

Frequently Paired Words

coming and going ebb and flow here today, gone tomorrow

Questions

What does come and go mean?: To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively).

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