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Come_by vs Regain - What's the difference?

come_by | regain | Related terms |

Come_by is a related term of regain.


As verbs the difference between come_by and regain

is that come_by is (lb) to obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily while regain is to get back; to recover possession of.

As an interjection come_by

is a command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep.

come_by

English

Verb

  • (lb) To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
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  • *:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
  • (lb) To come near to; to pass; to visit.
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    • Interjection

    come by!
  • A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep
    • English phrasal verbs

    regain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To get back; to recover possession of.
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