coming and going
English
Noun
coming and going (plural comings and goings)
- 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.
- (in the plural) The activities of a specified person or group
Translations
plural sense: activities of a person or group
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