Meanings
- archaicSynonym of easy come, easy go.
1 more example
Tom kept Harkaway all to himself, and won the second prize in the lottery, some thirty shillings, which he and East contrived to spend in about three days in the purchase of pictures for their study, two new bats and a cricket-ball — all the best that could be got — and a supper of sausages, kidneys, and beef-steak pies to all the rebels. Light come, light go; they wouldn't have been comfortable with money in their pockets in the middle of the half.
1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseSynonym of easy come, easy go.
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light come, light go. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20come%2C%20light%20go
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