as good as they come

intransitive verb came, come, coming

1. to move from a place thought of as “there” to or into a place thought of as “here”:
   1. in the second person, with relation to the speaker: come to me, will you come to the dance tonight?
   2. in the first person, with relation to the person addressed: I will come to see you
   3. in the third person, with relation to the person or thing approached: he came into the room
2. to approach or reach by or as by moving toward
3. to arrive or appear: help will come
4. to extend; reach: the bus line comes near the hotel
5. to happen; take place: success came to him early in life
6. to take form in the mind, as through recollection: her name finally came to him
7. to occur in a certain place or order: after 9 comes 10
8. 1. to become actual; evolve; develop: peace will come in time
   2. to proceed; progress; get (along): how's your new book coming (along)?
9. 1. to be derived: milk comes from cows
   2. to be descended: he comes from an old family
   3. to be a native, resident, or former resident: with from
10. to be caused; result: illness may come from a poor diet
11. ☆ to be due or owed (to): used in the participle: to get what is coming to one
12. to pass by or as by inheritance: the house came to him on the death of his father
13. to enter into a certain state or condition: this word has come into use
14. to get to be; become: my shoe came loose
15. to be obtainable or available: this dress comes in four sizes
16. to amount; add up (to)
17. Informal to have a sexual orgasm
18. when (a specified time or event) occurs [come evening, he will return]: used with the subject after the verb

Origin: ME comen < OE cuman, akin to Goth qiman, Ger kommen < IE base *gwem-, *gwā-, to go, come > L venire, to come, Gr bainein, to go

noun

interjection