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come by

verb comes by · coming by · came by · come by

  1. transitive To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily. A loyal friend is hard to come by.
  2. intransitive 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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verb to get (trans.)

Españolencontrar, hallar
Portuguêsencontrar, pilhar
Françaismettre la main sur ...
Deutschbekommen
Italianotrovare, reperire, rinvenire, imbattersi
Русскийдобыва́ть dobyvátʹ, добы́ть dobýtʹ, достава́ть dostavátʹ, доста́ть dostátʹ, получа́ть polučátʹ, получи́ть polučítʹ

verb to pass or visit (intrans.)

Españolvisitar
Русскийзаходи́ть zaxodítʹ, загля́дывать zagljádyvatʹ

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@misc{come_by_2026,
  title = {come by},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20by},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}