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come by

verb

  1. intr, preposition to find or obtain (a thing), esp accidentally

    do you ever come by any old books?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A hot meal is hard to come by in the Gaza Strip, but a lunch for needy families in the south is about to be delivered by donkey and cart.

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Death comes by missile, by gunshot, by collapsed building, by lack of medicine and by fear.

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“This will be my first time buying any Criterion DVDs,” adds Mohammadlou, 24, who came by himself.

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Inspiration has never been hard to come by.

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Throughout a long career in radio and television, Martindale was frequently asked how he came by his unusual first name.

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