COME BY


Meaning of COME BY in English

come by phrasal verb ( see also ↑ come )

1 . come by something to manage to get something that is rare or difficult to get:

How did you come by these pictures?

Jobs were hard to come by.

2 . come by (something) to make a short visit to a place on your way to somewhere else:

He said he’d come by later.

I’ll come by the house and get my stuff later, OK?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.