come by Idiom

come by

find, get, obtain How did you come by that vase? Where did you get it?

easy to come by

Idiom(s): easy to come by

Theme: EASY

easily found; easily purchased; readily available.
• Please be careful with that phonograph record. It was not easy to come by.
• A good dictionary is very easy to come by.

come by sth honestly

Idiom(s): come by sth honestly

Theme: ACQUISITION

to inherit something—a character trait—from one's parents.
• I know I'm mean. I came by it honestly, though.
• She came by her kindness honestly.

Hard to come by

If something is hard to come by, it is difficult to find.

come by|come

v. To get; obtain; acquire. A good job like that is hard to come by. Money easily come by is often easily spent. How did she come by that money?

come by honestly|come|honestly

v. phr., informal To inherit (a characteristic) from your parents. Joe comes by his hot temper honestly; his father is the same way.

come by

1. To possess, obtain, or access (something). Steady assignment is adamantine to appear by in this economy. I apperceive you anticipate I came by my success easily, but I put in a lot of adamantine assignment to get breadth I am today.2. To appointment a place. Jenny came by the abode earlier, attractive for you. I'm so blessed that you're active in our adjacency now—come by whenever you want!3. To biking by a accurate approach of transportation. Oh, I came by alternation because I abhorrence active into the city.4. To access or canyon through a accurate breadth or place. I acquainted my affection lift already some sunshine came by and replaced the clouds.Learn more: by, come

come by (some place)

to stop some abode for a visit. Can you appear by our abode for a few account on the way home? Please appear by sometime.Learn more: by, come

come by something

1. Lit. to biking by a specific means, such as a plane, a boat, or a car. We came by train. It's added relaxing. Next time, we'll appear by plane. It's faster.
2. Fig. to acquisition or get something. How did you appear by that haircut? Where did you appear by that new shirt?Learn more: by, come

come by

1. Acquire, obtain, as in A acceptable abettor is adamantine to appear by. This usage, dating from about 1600, abolished the beforehand faculty of accepting article with ample effort. A alternative is come by honestly, acceptation "to access in some atonement or analytic way." For example, I'm abiding she didn't appear by that ample benefit honestly or He does accept an abnormal amble but he came by it honestly; his father's is the same.
2. Stop in, visit, as in Please appear by whenever you're in the neighborhood. [Late 1800s] Learn more: by, come

come by

v.
1. To appointment someone: I told them to appear by for banquet some evening.
2. To canyon into a region: A nice breeze came by and the band acquainted cooler.
3. To accretion control of something; access something: We don't apperceive how our acquaintance came by all that money.
4. To acquisition something: Really acceptable movies are adamantine to appear by. Learn more: by, come

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