Synonyms for come by
come by

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1. drop by, drop in, come byverb

   visit informally and spontaneously

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

   Synonyms:
   come into, drop by, drop in

2. come by, come intoverb

   obtain, especially accidentally

   Synonyms:
   come into, drop by, drop in

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1. come by

   Synonyms:
   get, obtain, gain, get possession of

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1. Anupam Jena:

   The take-home message for patients is that healthy lifestyle choices and good health are important but are n’t easy to come by, both take work and even health care professionals find it difficult.

2. Ruth Terry:

   Mostly, I was afraid I was going to make him crazy, he needs his alone time, and that was already hard to come by in such a small place.

3. Jenelle Evans:

   And after I had Ensley they said CPS will just come by to do a [wellness] check since you tested positive, they came and did a [wellness] checkup and everything is fine. They closed the case.

4. 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.

5. 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.