come by

Speech parts

1. come by - Verb

2. come by - Interjection

obtain, especially accidentally

visit informally and spontaneously

Source: WordNet

drop by come into nab take land find get call win gain accept achieve visit score obtain

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begone shoo fuck off lose disappear cede

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get call visit acquire call in

hit stumble

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. Annie Dillard

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. Lucille Ball

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by. Ralph Ellison

Deficiencies come by the kilo and go by the gram. Ukrainian Proverb

How you come by it no one asks; but wealth you must have. Latin Proverb

When thieves fall out, honest men come by their own. Spanish Proverb