come by
come
kƌm
kam
by
baÉĒ
bai
/kˈʌm bˈaÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "come by"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to come by
[phrase form: come]
01

āĻāϏ⧋, āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to visit or stop by a place for a brief period
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
Transitive: to come by a place
to come by definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We'll come by your house later to drop off the package.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜ āĻĄā§āϰāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦāĨ¤
02

āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gain possession of something
Transitive: to come by sth
to come by definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you come by some extra paint for the art project?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
03

āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻ⧈āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to happen upon or encounter something unexpectedly
Transitive: to come by sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She came by an old photograph in a box of forgotten belongings.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to manage or cope with a situation or circumstance
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were able to come by despite the challenging circumstances.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āϝāĻžāĻ“, āĻ˜ā§‹āϰ

used to instruct a sheepdog to circle clockwise around a group of livestock and bring them closer to the handler
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Come by, Daisy! Keep the sheep moving towards the pen.
Come by, Daisy! āϭ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ