Come by

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come by (visit) - wpaść do kogoś, zajrzeć.
come by (to acquire, to gain, to get, to win) - uzyskać, zdobyć, dojść do czegoś.
come by sth (to be gained, to be acquired, to be won) - zostać zdobytym, zostać osiągniętym.

  1. You must come by and talk us [visit and talk]
  2. How did he ever come by so much money. [...gain so much...]
  3. The wisdom is one of the hardest things to come by. [...hardest things to acquire]
  4. A top result is hard to come by. [...hard to gain]
  5. The feeling of satisfaction comes by overcoming something. [is got by overcoming...]
  6. Order doesn't come by itself. [...can not be reached by itself] /Mandelbrot/ [not phrasal]
  7. Well, a lot of successes come by mistake. [are won because of mistake] [not phrasal]