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单词 come by
释义

come by

1North American Call casually and briefly as a visitor: his friends came by she came by the house...
  • Meantime, neighbors, friends and supporters came by the house to drop notes and flowers.
  • This one time my friends were all coming by and they were partying, and there were all these rollerbladers at the park.
  • He said, ‘I'll hang around here until my friend comes by.’
2Manage to acquire or obtain (something): the remoteness of the region makes accurate information hard to come by...
  • Bear in mind that good managers are hard to come by.
  • There's a gripping tension to it that's hard to come by in comics designed to be all-ages entertainment.
  • She took some art materials for the children, knowing that they are hard to come by in the detention centres.

Synonyms

obtain, acquire, gain, get, find, pick up, lay hold of, possess oneself of, come to have, procure, secure, get possession of;
buy, purchase
informal land, get one's hands on, get one's mitts on, get hold of, grab, bag, score, swing, nab, collar, cop
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