Come
Come verb - To move closer to.
Offend
Offend verb - To commit an offense.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The trope can also be justified as a naming convention by a bureaucratic or military authority that wishes to come up with a neutral name that does not offend political sensibilities.
Source: Numbered Homeworld -
Jerry talks about how anyone who had a pony when they were a kid is a Spoiled Brat and he hates them, only to accidentally offend a Polish immigrant who had come from a country where having a pony was very common.
Source: All Girls Like Ponies -
The Cairo Conference was the only meeting of the Allied leaders (Churchill and Roosevelt) that Chiang attended—Stalin was very coy about his attendance and refused to come if Chiang was present, officially because he didn't want to offend Japan.
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Offend and Come. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/come/offend
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