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come by
verb as in acquire
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Armstrong made answer and said, "He will come by-and-by; you shall have him."
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Poor cottagers living beside a highroad don't open too easily at this hour to a couple of come-by-chance wayfarers.
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It will come by-and-by and all day long, In that old quiet house I told you of: We sleep safe there.
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By nature, I mean simply the present state of things, whether designed by an intelligent mind, or a mere come-by-chance.
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It was whispered about that you were a come-by-chance child, and your mother was a bad woman.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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