come and go

Verb

come and go (third-person singular simple present comes and goes, present participle coming and going, simple past came and went, past participle come and gone)

1. To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively).
   • 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.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel
2. (idiomatic) To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
   • 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 by1976 August 25, Tom Scholz, “More Than a Feeling”, in Boston, performed by Boston
3. to elapse, pass by; to occur
   • THIRTY years have come and gone, / Melting away like Southern Snows, / Since, in the light of a summer's night, / I went to the garden to seek my Rose.1875, Horatio Alger, Jr, “Rose in the Garden”, in Ballads
   • An eighth European final came and went for Benfica, leaving one of the world's most storied clubs still without a continental title since their twin European Cup triumphs in 1961 and 1962.2014 May 14, Mark Lomas, “Three Things: Sevilla vs. Benfica”, in ESPN