come by

Meaning

1. Oxford70% of films

   to make a short visit to a place, in order to see sb

2. Oxford25% of films

   to manage to get sth

In the movies · 118

• Look, so I came by earlier because, uh....Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• Hey, man. Thanks for coming by.The Art of Racing in the Rain2019
• Well, Lester just came by to see me, Calder.The Chase1966
• "Come by after. Natalie."Memento2000
• It's hard to come by.Coffee and Cigarettes2004
• to come by Doctor RussellGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019
• Yeah, we'll come by.Boys Don't Cry1999
• Come by anytime...Sing 22021

From the same entry

• be as clever, stupid, as they come
• come again
• come and go
• come easily, naturally, to
• come over faint, dizzy, giddy
• come the
• come to nothing
• come to that
• come what may
• how come
• not come to much
• to come

More phrasal verbs

• live together
• go by
• clean up
• walk away
• come down to
• feel up to
• live with
• sum up
• come around
• go for
• come off
• drive away