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Verb: come by
  1. Visit informally and spontaneously
    - drop by, drop in
     
  2. Obtain, especially accidentally
    - come into

Derived forms: came by, coming by, come by, comes by

Type of: acquire, call, call in, get, visit

Nearest

come across
come after
come again
come alive
come along
come apart
come around
come away
come back
come before
come by
come clean
come close
come down
come forth
come forward
come hell or high water
come home
come in
come in for
come in handy