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comes and goes

comes and goes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come and go.

Meaning of 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.
  2. (idiomatic) To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
    • My headaches come and go, but the pain in my neck is constant.
  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

Questions about comes and goes

What is comes and goes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Comes and goes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come and go.

Words near comes and goes in the dictionary

  1. comes across with
  2. comes after
  3. comes alive
  4. comes aloft
  5. comes along
  6. comes and goes
  7. comes apart
  8. comes apart at the seams
  9. comes around
  10. comes as no surprise
  11. comes at

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