to get something, especially something that is hard to get
Accommodation for men without money is harder to come by in this great city of ours.
At that time, teaching jobs abroad were hard to come by.
How did you come by such a beautiful house?
Perhaps it would come by the time Max was out of hospital, by the time the house was packed up.
The Sandinistas aren't apt to come by for a visit unannounced.
With his lack of imagination, reasons would be hard to come by.
comes by
coming by
came by
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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