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. Gui Yihong:

   If you weren't at the frontlines you wouldn't be able to experience this, i had to (come) and bear witness. For the last 80 days we had fought between life and death, and finally gained victory. It was not easy at all to come by.

2. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan:

   The inside of the building has travel lanes alternating with safe lanes, where people are able to stand and look at the cars as they come by.

3. Dave Morrow:

   Joanna Gaines ' had big crews here working seven days a week. We’re not allowed to come by when Joanna Gaines ' were working on it, but my neighbors told me there were five, six, seven trucks outside everyday until 9 or 10 o’clock at night, it was a big push but Joanna Gaines ' did a great job.

4. Harold Ford Jr.:

   He was just a wealth of information. He loved what we do, he loved politics, he loved talking about it, he loved arguing about it. And I used to love- he used to sit on a chair outside by the studio out there, and he would just sit out there on a nice day all day long, you'd come by, he'd strike up a conversation with you. We will miss him.

5. Catherine Pettengell:

   Even with new announcements from Germany and Canada, all G7 countries need to go further and faster with their individual commitments as well as take collective responsibility for achieving the $ 100 billion goal before COP26, they acknowledge in the communiqué that more commitments must come by COP. So I think the question is,' Why not now ? What's the delay ?' Developing countries deserve to have the confidence going into COP 26 that the Paris Agreement will be delivered. And it can't go down to the wire. These leaders need to prioritise building trust and momentum now with the four and a half months left to COP 26.