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come by (third-person singular simple presentcomes by,present participlecoming by,simple pastcame by,past participlecome by)

(transitive) Toobtain; toget, especially by chance orinvoluntarily.
A loyal friend is hard tocome by.
Somehow hecame by a substantial fortune.
- 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC:
  They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did notcome by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
- 2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, inRAIL, number990, page35:
  For example, during the early days of construction, some landowners and local residents felt they were not being kept up to date with what was happening on a day-to-day basis, or that information wasn't always easy tocome by.
(intransitive) To come near to; topass; tovisit.
Your beaucame by while you were shopping.