come and go verb3 •To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively).He comes and goes as he pleases. •To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.My headaches come and go, but the pain in my neck is constant. •to elapse, pass by; to occurTHIRTY 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 formscame and went · come and gone · coming and going · comes and goes