coming and going

noun

A general bustle of activity.

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Meanings

nouncoming and going (usually uncountable, plural comings and goings)

plural comings and goings

  1. idiomaticsingularuncountableusuallyA 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.

    1955 October 20, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Minas Tirith”, in The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings […], New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published December 1978, →ISBN, book V, page 40
  2. countableidiomaticin pluralusuallyThe activities of a specified person or group.
verb
  1. gerundidiomaticparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of come and go

Translations

Bengali আনাগোনা
  • আনাগোনা (anagōna)plural sense: activities of a person or group
Dutch doen en laten
  • doen en latenplural sense: activities of a person or group
Finnish menemiset
  • menemisetplural sense: activities of a person or group
French faits et gestes, va-et-vient
  • faits et gestesplural sense: activities of a person or group
  • va-et-vientplural sense: activities of a person or group
German Kommen und Gehen
  • Kommen und Gehenplural sense: activities of a person or group
Hindi आवागमन, आना-जाना
  • आवागमन (āvāgman)plural sense: activities of a person or group
  • आना-जाना (ānā-jānā)plural sense: activities of a person or group
Italian il va e vieni, andirivieni
  • il va e vieniplural sense: activities of a person or group
  • andirivieniplural sense: activities of a person or group
Spanish idas y venidas, ir y venir
  • idas y venidasplural sense: activities of a person or group
  • ir y venirplural sense: activities of a person or group
  • vaivénplural sense: activities of a person or group
Turkish gitgel
  • gitgelplural sense: activities of a person or group
Welsh mynd a dod
  • mynd a dodplural sense: activities of a person or group
Cite this entry
APA

coming and going. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming%20and%20going

MLA

“coming and going.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming%20and%20going. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coming and going,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming%20and%20going.

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