come by

verb

1. intr, preposition to find or obtain (a thing), esp accidentally

   do you ever come by any old books?

Example Sentences

"In a fusion device, typically, the tritium isn't fully burned, and it is hard to come by. So, we wanted to improve the tritium-burn efficiency."

From Science Daily

Accurate information is difficult to come by, however, as Moscow and Pyongyang have not responded directly to any of these reports.

From BBC

Gang members didn’t like what was happening, she said, and occasionally came by her cafe to make it known.

From Los Angeles Times

They come by the hundreds, all vying for the latest Labubu, a furry toy character with rabbit-like ears and a nightmarish grin stretched wide over a row of serrated teeth.

From Los Angeles Times

Acquiring tangible proof of wrongdoing would also be much harder to come by under an at-fault divorce, a dynamic made worse when a woman is seeking a divorce to escape abuse, Zug said.

From Salon

Related Words

• come over
• drop by
• drop in