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as they come en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) As it is possible to be.
    • “He wants to get along. He thinks he’s friends with Putin. I don’t think Putin thinks he’s friends with him. Putin’s as coldblooded as they come.” 2025 August 13, Peter Baker, quoting John Bolton, “Trump’s Affinity for Putin Will Be Tested at High-Risk Summit in Alaska”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
    • 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. 2001 November 25, Charlie Fletcher, “Has Potter movie magic lost its spell?”, in Scotland on Sunday:
    • "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. 1997, Leonard B. Scott, Solemn Duty, New York: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64:

Relateds

with the best of them

Synonyms

as it gets

Translations (3)

ru проще некуда (as they come) · ru до мозга костей (as they come) · ru настоящий (as they come)