come by
verb
1 come by
Visit informally and spontaneously.
synonyms: drop by, drop in.
Roget 775:
acquire,
get,
gain,
win,
earn,
obtain,
procure,
gather;
collect
etc.
(assemble)
72;
pick,
pickup;
glean.
find;
come upon,
pitch upon,
light upon;
scrape up,
scrape together;
get in,
reap and carry,
net,
bag,
sack,
bring home,
secure;
derive,
draw,
get in the harvest.
profit;
make profit,
draw profit,
turn a quick profit;
turn to profit,
turn to account;
make capital out of,
make money by;
obtain a return,
reap the fruits of;
reap an advantage,
gain an advantage;
turn a penny,
turn an honest penny;
make the pot boil,
bring grist to the mill;
make money,
coin money,
raise money;
raise funds,
raise the wind;
fill one's pocket
etc.
(wealth)
803.
treasure up
etc.
(store)
636;
realize,
clear;
produce
etc.
161;
take
etc.
789.
get back,
recover,
regain,
retrieve,
revendicate†,
replevy [Law],
redeem,
come by one's own.
come by,
come in for;
receive
etc.
785;
inherit;
step into a fortune,
step into the shoes of;
succeed to.
get hold of,
get between one's finger and thumb,
get into one's hand,
get at;
take possession,
come into possession,
enter into possession.
be profitable
etc.
adj.;
pay,
answer.
accrue
etc.
(be received)
785.
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2 come by
Obtain, especially accidentally.
synonym: come into.
Moby thesaurus: accept, acquire, admit, assume, bag, be seized of, call, capture, catch, come in for, come into, come over, contract, corral, derive, derive from, drag down, draw, draw from, drop in, earn, enter into possession, gain, get, harvest, have, have coming in, heir, inherit, look in, look up, make, net, obtain, pop in, procure, pull down, reap, receive, run in, sack, score, secure, see, step in, succeed to, take, take in, take on, take over, win ... show more.
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