come by
∗come by
verbo transitivo con partícula
1conseguir (acquire)
- how did she c by all that money? -> ¿de dónde sacó todo ese dinero?
verbo intransitivo
2pasarse (visit)
- I'll c by tomorrow -> me pasaré mañana (por tu casa)
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come by [kam]
- How did he come by it? -> ¿cómo lo ha obtenido
- To be easy/hard to ser fácil/difícil de conseguir -> To pasar junto, cerca o arrimado a; obtener
conseguir, hacerse con (get, acquire).
come by
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
(obtain) conseguir; adquirir how did she come by that name? ¿cómo adquirió ese nombre?
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