Definitions for come by
come by

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drop by, drop in, come byverb

   visit informally and spontaneously

   "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee"

2. come by, come intoverb

   obtain, especially accidentally

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. come byverb

   To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.

2. come byverb

   To come near to; to pass; to visit.

3. come byinterjection

   A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep

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1. come by

   "Come by" is a phrasal verb that generally means to acquire, obtain, or get something. It can also be used to mean visiting or dropping in at a particular place. The mode or ease of obtaining something or visiting a place may be implied or specified.

Matched Categories

1. • Get
   • Visit

How to pronounce come by?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say come by in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of come by in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of come by in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of come by in a Sentence

1. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.:

   Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.

2. anonymous:

   How come the most natural things in the world are the most difficult to come by....it is the most natural,beautiful, self-enhancing and intoxicatingly breathtaking acts of nature that we humans take for granted at times-as our complexities and complicated human minds do not allow us to act as naturally as we were born to,but turn peace into war,love into suffering,pleasure into pain and the natural into the forgotten!

3. Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker:

   Everything about the tests are very difficult to come by, and there's no federal plan for this, so every state is on their own, as I've said, it's the Wild West out here.

4. Deutsche Bank:

   (This is) not the most straightforward transaction as Xerium's leverage is high and financial restructuring is required, but assets like this do not come by easily in a late-cycle stock market, we think Andritz could be a very beneficial long-term owner of this business.

5. I Ching:

   A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=come by
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Come_by
3. ^ ChatGPT
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