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do one's worst

  • 1 do one's worst

    (to do the most evil etc thing that one can.) κάνω το χειρότερο δυνατό

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  • 2 worst

    [wə:st] 1. adjective
    (bad to the greatest extent: That is the worst book I have ever read.) (ο) χειρότερος
    2. adverb
    (in the worst way or manner: This group performed worst (of all) in the test.) χειρότερα
    3. pronoun
    (the thing, person etc which is bad to the greatest extent: the worst of the three; His behaviour is at its worst when he's with strangers; At the worst they can only fine you.) (ο) χειρότερος, (η) χειρότερη περίπτωση
    - get the worst of
    - if the worst comes to the worst
    - the worst of it is that
    - the worst of it is

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  • 3 cynic

    noun (a person who believes the worst about everyone: He is a cynic - he thinks no-one is really unselfish.) κυνικός

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  • 4 Get

    v. trans.
    P. and V. κτᾶσθαι, κατακτᾶσθαι, λαμβνειν, Ar. and V. πεπᾶσθαι (perf. infin. of πάεσθαι) (also Xen. but rare P.); see also P. and V. φέρεσθαι, ἐκφέρεσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, εὑρίσκεσθαι, Ar. and V. φέρειν (also Plat. but rare P.), εὑρίσκειν, V. ἄρνυσθαι (also Plat. but rare P.), ντεσθαι, κομίζειν.
    Fetch: P. and V. φέρειν, κομίζειν, γειν, V. πορεύειν.
    Attain to, reach, obtain: P. and V. τυγχνειν (gen.), Ar. and V. κυρεῖν (gen.).
    Get in addition: P. and V. ἐπικτᾶσθαι, προσλαμβνειν, P. προσκτᾶσθαι.
    Get in return: P. ἀντιτυγχάνειν (gen.).
    Help to get: P. συγκτᾶσθαι (τινί), συγκατακτᾶσθαί (τινί τι).
    Get a person to do a thing: P. and V. πείθειν τινα ποιεῖν τι or ὥστε ποιεῖν τι.
    Get a thing done: P. and V. πράσσειν ὅπως τι γενήσεται.
    V. intrans. Become: P. and V. γίγνεσθαι.
    Get at, reach, v. trans.: P. and V. ἐξικνεῖσθαι (gen. or acc.); see reach, met., intrigue with: P. κατασκευάζειν (acc.).
    Get back, recover: P. and V. νακτᾶσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, ναλαμβνειν, P. ἀνακομίζεσθαι, V. κομίζειν; see Recover.
    Get on with, have dealings with: P. and V. συγγίγνεσθαι (dat.); see have dealings with, under Dealings.
    Difficult to get on with: V. συναλλάσσειν βαρύς.
    Get off, be acquitted: P. and V. φεύγειν, σώζεσθαι, Ar. and P. ποφεύγειν.
    Fare ( after any enterprise): P. and V. παλλάσσειν, πέρχεσθαι, V. ἐξαπαλλάσσεσθαι.
    Do you think after cheating us that you should get off scot free: Ar. μῶν ἀξιοῖς φενακίσας ἡμᾶς ἀπαλλαγῆναι ἀζήμιος (Pl. 271).
    Get oneself into trouble: P. εἰς κακὸν αὑτὸν ἐμβάλλειν (Dem. 32).
    What troubles I've got myself into: Ar. εἰς οἷʼ ἐμαυτὸν εἰσεκύλισα πράγματα (Thesm. 651).
    Get out of: see Quit, Escape.
    Get out of what one has said: P. ἐξαπαλλάσσεσθαι τῶν εἰρημένων (Thuc. 4, 28), ἐξαναχωρεῖν τὰ εἰρημένα (Thuc. 4, 28).
    Get round, cheat: Ar. περιέρχεσθαι (acc.).
    Get over: see under Over.
    Get the better of: P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.), πλέον ἔχειν (gen.), πλέον φέρεσθαι (gen.); see Conquer.
    Get the worst of it: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, P. ἔλασσον ἔχειν, ἐλασσοῦσθαι.
    Get to: see Reach.
    Get together, v. trans.: P. συνιστάναι; see Collect.
    Get up, contrive fraudulently: P. κατασκευάζειν; see trump up.
    Prepare: P. and V. παρασκευάζειν; see Prepare.
    I got you up ( dressed you up) as Hercules in fun: Ar. σὲ παίζων... Ἡρακλέαʼ ʼνεσκευασα (Ran. 523).
    V. intrans. Rise up: P. and V. νίστασθαι, ἐξανίστασθαι, V. ὀρθοῦσθαι.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Get

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