comings and goings

comings and goings
{n. pl.}, {informal} 1. Times of arriving and going away; movements. * /I can't keep up with the children's comings and goings./ 2. Activities; doings; business. * /Mary knows all the comings and goings in the neighborhood./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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