Come
Come verb - To move closer to.
Jab
Jab verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
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Peanutbutter come up with in "It's You" is meant as a jab at the Academy and its nomination practices.
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Self-Deprecation: After Dave unintentionally caused a riot at a concert in Ireland, he wrote the line "Fools like me who cross the sea / And come to foreign lands" in "Holy Wars" as a jab at himself.
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The female variant just swipes at you when you come close, but the males will jab their stinger through the ground to hit you from farther away.
Source: Video Game / Shantae
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