come by
/K AH1 M B AY1/verb
- 1
To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
“A loyal friend is hard to come by. Somehow he came by a substantial fortune.”
- 2
To come near to; to pass; to visit.
“Your beau came by while you were shopping.”
interjection
- 1
A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep
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