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come and go

  1. Arrive and depart, either briefly or repeatedly; go to and fro. Shakespeare had it in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2:2): “He may come and go between you both.” [Late 1300s]

  2. Alternately appear and disappear, as in This rash is odd; it comes and goes . [Mid-1300s] Also see coming or going ; easy come, easy go .



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Yet the medium cheerily explained that she could make the voices come and go as she pleased.

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The medium cheerily explained that she could make the voices come and go as she pleased.

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"Politicians come and go, but the monarchy has always remained."

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Before Brexit, people were allowed to come and go under "freedom of movement" rules.

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As in fashion, trends in skin care come and go.

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