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as best one can

as best one can idiom

To the ultimate of one's ability, as in We'll have to get along without it as best we can [Mid-1800s] Also see do one's best.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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