Definition of Come by

1. Verb. Visit informally and spontaneously. "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee"

Exact synonyms: Drop By, Drop In
Generic synonyms: Call, Call In, Visit

2. Verb. Obtain, especially accidentally.
Exact synonyms: Come Into
Specialized synonyms: Hit, Stumble
Generic synonyms: Acquire, Get

Definition of Come by

1. Verb. (transitive) To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit. ¹

3. Interjection. A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come By

come about
come across
come after
come again
come alive
come along
come and go
come apart
come around
come away
come back
come before
come between
come by (current term)
come clean
come close
come down
come down on
come down the pike
come down to
come down to us
come down with
come for
come forth
come forward
come from
come from behind
come full circle

Literary usage of Come by

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Essays Concerning Human Understanding by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Carl Immanuel Gerhardt (1916)
"CHAPTER VI OF SIMPLE IDEAS WHICH come by REFLECTION Ph. The simple ideas which come by ... CHAPTER VII OF IDEAS WHICH come by SENSATION AND REFLECTION J 1. ..."

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