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come by

verb

  1. To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.

    "A loyal friend is hard to come by.  Somehow he came by a substantial fortune."

  2. To come near to; to pass; to visit.

    "Your beau came by while you were shopping."

interjection

  1. A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep

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