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COME BY (1)

come by = get something
examples:
  • I don't know how he came by all that money.
  • Good friends are hard to come by.
  • How did you come by that bump on your head?
  • The unemployment rate is very high. Jobs are hard to come by.
  • How did the baby come by that scratch on his face?
  • Restaurant recipes are difficult to come by. They are kept a secret.
  • Information on the new virus is difficult to come by. We don't know much about it yet.

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