Come
Come verb - To move closer to.
Float
Float verb - To rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Wraiths just sort of float around and damage you if you come to close.
Source: Video Game / The Twilight Forest - Not only are they smitten, the world vanishes, they float in purple and pink clouds, random flowers come out of nowhere for him to give to her, romantic music swells, they hold hands and float until Daisy interrupts.
Source: Love at First Sight -
At least it can't float, so resurfacing will keep you safe, but it will gladly wait for you to come back with high Terror to begin its chase again.
Source: Super-Persistent Predator
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Float and Come. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/come/float
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