coming and going

English

Noun

coming and going (usually uncountable, plural comings and goings) (idiomatic)

1. (uncountable, in the singular) A general bustle of activity.
   • 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:

     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.

2. (countable, in the plural) The activities of a specified person or group.

Translations

plural sense: activities of a person or group

• Bengali: আনাগোনা (bn) (anagōna)
• Dutch: doen en laten n
• Finnish: menemiset pl
• French: faits et gestes (fr) m pl, va-et-vient (fr) m
• German: Kommen und Gehen (de)
• Hindi: आवागमन (hi) m (āvāgman), आना-जाना (ānā-jānā)
• Italian: il va e vieni, andirivieni (it)
• Spanish: idas y venidas, ir y venir m, vaivén (es) m
• Turkish: gitgel
• Welsh: mynd a dod

Verb

coming and going

1. present participle and gerund of come and go