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all comers
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
all comers
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The lessons are free and open to all comers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But Perot is listed as an independent candidate, and he promised a nominating process open to all comers.
▪ But some doctors have a history of abusing that trust for profit, prescribing unnecessary and ineffective diet regimes to all comers.
▪ Despite the requirement to open contracts and business opportunities to all comers, somehow those countries manage to choose their own nationals.
▪ His hospitality knew no respect of persons; the abbey-gates stood open for all comers who needed either refreshment or lodging ....
▪ If you are a good competitor, you take on all comers.
▪ Next Saturday, the Blues' custodian is back between the posts again, taking on all comers.
▪ The Mantela was an honest ship, with no frills, but ready to take on all comers.
▪ The non-profit group is devoted to teaching the style, opening their doors wide to all comers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
All comers

Comer \Com"er\, n. One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.

All comers, all who come, or offer, to take part in a matter, especially in a contest or controversy. ``To prove it against all comers.''
--Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] ||

Wiktionary
all comers

alt. everyone who comes to a given event. n. everyone who comes to a given event.

Usage examples of "all comers".

His ultimate aim was to build a fortress atWhitestorm, impregnable against all comers, be theymortal or supernatural, to protect himself, its Master,from the dark secret of his ancestry.

Thus did he learn in talk with these sailors that this was the city of Tauris in the land of Persia and that the Shah of the land abode now within its walls, having proclaimed a feast for all comers in honor of the Lord Jesu, the Shah having but recently become a Christian.