come by

〜を手に入れる；立ち寄る

入試の言い換え

• obtain 〜を手に入れる — （入手の意味で）
• acquire 〜を獲得する — （入手の意味で）
• get 〜を得る — （入手の意味で）
• find 〜を見つける — （入手の意味で）hard to find = hard to come by
• drop by 立ち寄る — （立ち寄る意味で）
• stop by 立ち寄る — （立ち寄る意味で）

hard to come by ⇔ scarce / rare / difficult to obtain は入試の言い換え頻出。How did you come by this? は「これ、どうやって手に入れたの？」。

come by の類語

obtain, acquire, get, find, drop by, stop by, come into, drop in, come in for, earn, win, have, take, make, contract, derive, catch, drag down, receive, enter into possession, gain, draw, secure, admit, take over, capture, have coming in, harvest, draw from, pull down, call, see, come, visit, reap, accept, score, bag, net, take in, take on, be seized of, look in, procure, assume, look up, corral, come over, run in, derive from, step in, sack, pop in, pick, drop, inherit, finger, succeed, scare, possess

例文

• How did you come by that much money?
  その大金をどうして手に入れたのですか。
• How did you come by those rare books?
  この珍しい本をどうやって手に入れたの？
• How did you come by such a job?
  そんな仕事をどうやって手に入れたの？

come by の言い換えを探すには

come by（手に入れる）の類語・言い換え（パラフレーズ）を、日本語訳つきで関連度順に並べています。入試で狙われる言い換えパターン、ニュアンスの違い、語源、日本人がやりがちなワナも解説。英作文の語彙を増やしたいとき、長文読解で本文と選択肢の言い換えを見抜きたいときに使えます。