Come and Put

Come

Come verb - To move closer to.

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Put and come are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Put" instead a verb "Come".

Nearby Words: coming, comer

Put verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.

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Come and put are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come" instead a verb "Put".

Nearby Words: putting, putted

character	come character	put character
life	come life	put life
work	come work	put work
series	come series	put series
Other words: end, time, way, face, world, game, times.

Beige Prose Brainwashed and Crazy: After Gordon Freeman becomes a headcrab zombie, the Combines come and put science in him to make him live and strong and big.

Source: Fan Fic / Half-Life: Full Life Consequences
He set fire to a large amount of cardboard boxes, requiring the fire brigade to come and put out the rapidly-spreading flames.

Source: Lets Play / HAT Films
Eventually, highly advanced robots come and put the boy in an alternate reality, also giving him back his mother for a day before permanently shutting him down and storing his mind as a historical archive.

Source: Everybody's Dead, Dave

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