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coming and going

idiom

A general bustle of activity.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    coming into the world

    The act of being born; a birth.

  2. 02

    coming right up

    Used by the speaker to indicate readiness to provide something ordered or requested.

  3. 03

    get what's coming to one

    To experience the consequences of one's actions.

  4. 04

    going away

    Ahead of the competitors and still increasing the lead.

  5. 05

    going rate

    The current standard or usual price, rate, or salary for something.

  6. 06

    got it going on

    Be attractive, outgoing (typically of women).

  7. 07

    have another thing coming

    Alternative form of have another think coming.

  8. 08

    have another think coming

    To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.

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