Definition of "come by" [come by]

• To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily. (verb)
• To come near to; to pass; to visit. (verb)
• A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep (interjection)

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• "“Neil was about as good as you could come by in evaluating a man from a test-pilot-performance capability,” Kraft states."
• "My brother Wade is so pleased with your help, Alva Jane, that he wants you to continue to come by every day to help with Ann Marie."
• "And then, as if to underscore the remaining ambiguity about Mussolinis legacy, someone else had come by with a different-colored spray paint and tried to obliterate that message."