Come and Threaten

Come

Come verb - To move closer to.

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

Nearby Words: coming, comer

Threaten verb - To remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on.

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Come and threaten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come" instead a verb "Threaten".

Nearby Words: threatening, threat

character	come character	threaten character
life	come life	threaten life
death	come death	threaten death
way	come way	threaten way
Other words: world, home, ship, war, times.

In a season 2 episode of NUMB3RS, two guys from the Russian mafia come and threaten Charlie by sitting in the back of the room while he's teaching.

Source: Creator Cameo
In the end Triton has to come and threaten to destroy the kingdom if they don't free his daughters.

Source: Vile Villain, Saccharine Show
In a variant of this trope, it's two outsiders (her old handler and her abandoned son) who come and threaten to reveal her past.

Source: The Bride with a Past

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