- do one's best
- verbperform a task as well as possible (Freq. 3)-
The cast gives full measure every night
• Syn: ↑go all out, ↑give one's best, ↑give full measure• Verb Frames:-Something ——s
-Somebody ——s
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DO ONE'S UTMOST, try one's hardest, make every effort, do all one can, give one's all; informal bend over backwards, do one's damnedest, go all out, pull out all the stops, bust a gut, break one's neck, move heaven and earth.→ best* * *
do (or try) one's bestdo all one canRuth did her best to reassure her
Useful english dictionary. 2012.