with the best of them
Meaning
with the best of them
As well as anyone.
Examples
In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.
She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special.
I'm a 24-hour tweet machine, I'm a 24-hour blogger. When there's no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best of them. But put a deadline on me and I start getting writer's block.
I'm an athlete, so I can dress down with the best of them. I can throw on t-shirts and sweats with the best of them.
She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life.
Being a developmental psychologist didn't make me any better at dealing with my own children, no. I muddled through, and, believe me, fretted and worried with the best of them.