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come by

Definitions

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  • verb transitive To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
  • verb intransitive To come near to; to pass; to visit.
  • interjection A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb visit informally and spontaneously
  • verb obtain, especially accidentally

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  • garyth123 commented on the word come by

    Run round the sheep clockwise.

    March 20, 2009

  • sionnach commented on the word come by

    Run round the sheep clockwise -ah, my Lord, run round the sheep clockwise -ah;

    Run round the sheep clockwise -ah, my Lord, run round the sheep clockwise -ah;

    Run round the sheep clockwise -ah, my Lord, run round the sheep clockwise -ah;

    oh Lo-ord, run around the sheep clockwise -ah.

    I'm sorry, but having thoroughly road-tested this definition, I have to reject it out of hand, and say that it just simply doesn't work AT ALL.

    March 20, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the word come by

    Hey, that reminds me--I was wondering if there's a list anywhere of sheepdog commands. Because there should be one.

    March 20, 2009

  • bilby commented on the word come by

    I'm begorrah beginning to think to think to thinkypink sionnach and I attended the same wan Bible camps.

    Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

    March 20, 2009

  • garyth123 commented on the word come by

    See away.

    March 20, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the word come by

    Good idea, c_b. I don't recall seeing one anywhere.

    March 21, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the word come by

    Okay, I made one, but it isn't quite populated yet.

    March 21, 2009

  • pterodactyl commented on the word come by

    *considers this page for almost a minute, then suddenly gets sionnach's point*

    Hee hee hee hee hee!

    March 21, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the word come by

    Come by -ah. *snort*

    March 21, 2009

  • milosrdenstvi commented on the word come by

    Made me laugh!

    March 21, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the word come by

    I can't laugh at that song. My first date was a hayride and ... and ... people sang it. On the hayride that was my first date. It was like a bad movie, only it was reality.

    *vomits*

    March 21, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the word come by

    Think happy thoughts, c_b. Happy thoughts.

    March 21, 2009