Thesaurus / come by
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synonyms for come by
- drop in
- call
- look up
- meet
- run in
- see
- step in
- visit
- drop by
- come over
- look in
- pay a call
- pop in
- stop by
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHe reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESVicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThis wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLOne of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThe policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSAll along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Never was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANI am therefore quite sure I shall be content to await his father's consent, should it not come these many years.
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WORDS RELATED TO COME BY
- acquired
- attained
- be gainfully employed
- brought home
- brought home the bacon
- brought home the groceries
- brought in
- clean up
- cleared
- collected
- consummated
- copped
- derived
- drew
- effected
- gained
- gathered
- got
- grossed
- hustled
- made
- made fast buck
- made it big
- netted
- obtained
- paid one's dues
- performed
- picked up
- procured
- profited
- pulled
- pulled down
- rated
- realized
- reaped
- received
- scared up
- scored
- scraped together
- secured
- snagged
- socked
- turned
- was in line for
- won
- wrangled
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.