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To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He comes and goes as he pleases.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- My headaches come and go, but the pain in my neck is constant.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
shkoj e vij
— arrive and depart
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Albanian:
vete e vij
— arrive and depart
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Chinese Mandarin:
來來去去 /来来去去
(láilái-qùqù)
— arrive and depart
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Dutch:
komen en gaan
— arrive and depart
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Finnish:
mennä ja tulla
— arrive and depart
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Finnish:
tulla ja mennä
— arrive and depart
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French:
aller et venir
— arrive and depart
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Greek:
μπαινοβγαίνω
(bainovgaíno)
— arrive and depart
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Greek:
πηγαινοέρχομαι
(pigainoérchomai)
— arrive and depart
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Hungarian:
jön-megy
— arrive and depart
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Italian:
andare e venire
— arrive and depart
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Latin:
commeō
— arrive and depart
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Macedonian:
појди́-дојди
(pojdí-dojdi)
— arrive and depart
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Macedonian:
влези-и́злези
(vlezi-ízlezi)
— arrive and depart
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Māori:
kapewhiti
— arrive and depart
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Polish:
wchodzić i wychodzić
— arrive and depart
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Spanish:
ir y venir
— arrive and depart
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Spanish:
vaivén
— arrive and depart
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Turkish:
gelip gitmek
— arrive and depart
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Vietnamese:
đến và đi
— arrive and depart
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Chinese Mandarin:
時斷時續 /时断时续
(shíduànshíxù)
— appear and disappear
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Chinese Mandarin:
忽隱忽現 /忽隐忽现
(hūyǐnhūxiàn)
— appear and disappear
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Dutch:
komen en gaan
— appear and disappear
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Finnish:
tulla ja mennä
— appear and disappear
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French:
aller et venir
— appear and disappear
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Italian:
andare e venire
— appear and disappear
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Macedonian:
појди́-дојди
(pojdí-dojdi)
— appear and disappear
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Polish:
być ulotnym
— appear and disappear
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Polish:
przychodzić i odchodzić
— appear and disappear
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Turkish:
gelip gitmek
— appear and disappear
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Vietnamese:
thoắt ẩn thoắt hiện
— appear and disappear