as they come

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Adverb

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as they come (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) As it is possible to be.
    • 1997, Leonard B. Scott, Solemn Duty[1], New York: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64:
      "Has he got a pulse?"
      "With that hole in his head? You kiddin', a pulse? Give me a break, will ya? He's about as dead as they come.
    • 2001 November 25, Charlie Fletcher, “Has Potter movie magic lost its spell?”, in Scotland on Sunday:
      My eight-year-old, as die-hard a Potterholic as they come, a kid who can probably remember Hogwarts minutiae that even JK has forgotten, walked out of the multiplex and gave it a five out of 10.

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