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• try one's best — index attempt, pursue (strive to gain), strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• try one's best — do as well as one can, to the best of one s ability …   English contemporary dictionary

• one’s best shot — n. one’s best attempt (at something). □ That was his best shot, but it wasn’t good enough. □ I always try to give something my best shot …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• do one's best — verb perform 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 • Hypernyms: ↑do, ↑perform …   Useful english dictionary

• put one's best foot forward — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one s best. * /During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward./ * /When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put one's best foot forward — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one s best. * /During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward./ * /When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put\ one's\ best\ foot\ forward — v. phr. informal To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one s best. During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward. When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward …   Словарь американских идиом

• do one's best — we ll do our best to make sure you get a good education Syn: 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,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• put one's best foot forward — idi put one s best foot forward, to try to make as good an impression as possible …   From formal English to slang

• try — I n. 1) to have, make a try at 2) (colloq.) to give it, smt. a try 3) (rugby) to score a try 4) a try at, for 5) a try to + inf. (they made another try to have the decision reversed) 6) (misc.) (AE; colloq.) to give it the old college try ( to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• one — 1. cardinal number 1) each one is loosely wrapped Syn: unit, item; technical monad 2) only one person came Syn: a single, a solitary, a sole, a lone 3) her one concern was her daughter Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words