come by sth
— phrasal verb with come /kʌm/ verb (came, come)Definition
C2 to get something, using effort, by chance or in a way that has not been explained: Cheap organic food is still difficult to come by. I'd like to know how she came by that black eye.Getting, receiving and acceptingCapturing or taking possession of things
(Definition of come by sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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come before sth/sb phrasal verb (COURT)
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come before sth/sb phrasal verb (IMPORTANCE)
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come between sb phrasal verb
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come between sth phrasal verb
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come by (somewhere) phrasal verb
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come clean idiom
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come close to blows idiom
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come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
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come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
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come down on sb/sth phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- acquire verb
- acquisition noun
- ahold adverb
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- check sth out phrasal verb (BORROW)
- clinch verb (WIN)
- draw verb (MONEY)
- earn verb
- get sth out of sth phrasal verb
- glom onto sth/sb phrasal verb
- go to sb phrasal verb
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- score verb (GET)
- secure verb (GET)
- target noun (PERSON/GROUP)
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