COME BY


Meaning of COME BY in English

I. phrasal

1. chiefly Midland : to call at : visit

2. : to get possession of : acquire

many older recordings are hard to come by

benevolence and selflessness … are only indirectly come by — C.W.Berenda

sometimes : to get by or as if by inheritance

he comes by his temper naturally

II. intransitive verb

: to pay a call

next time you're over this way, come by

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.