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1The Best Years of Our Lives — Infobox Film name = The Best Years of Our Lives caption = Theatrical poster director = William Wyler writer = Screenplay: Robert E. Sherwood Story: MacKinlay Kantor starring = Fredric March Myrna Loy Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo… …
2for the best — {adj.} or {adv. phr.} good or best; not bad as thought; lucky; well, happily. * /Maybe it s for the best that your team lost; now you know how the other boys felt./ * /John s parents thought it would be for the best if he stayed out of school for …
3for the best — {adj.} or {adv. phr.} good or best; not bad as thought; lucky; well, happily. * /Maybe it s for the best that your team lost; now you know how the other boys felt./ * /John s parents thought it would be for the best if he stayed out of school for …
4with the best — or[with the best of them] {adv. phr.} As well as anyone. * /Bob could horseback ride with the best of them, but he never boasted about it./ * /John can bowl with the best of them./ …
5with the best — or[with the best of them] {adv. phr.} As well as anyone. * /Bob could horseback ride with the best of them, but he never boasted about it./ * /John can bowl with the best of them./ …
6make the best of — {v. phr.} To do something you do not like to do and not complain; accept with good humor. * /The girl did not like to wash dishes but she made the best of it./ Compare: MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY …
7make the best of — {v. phr.} To do something you do not like to do and not complain; accept with good humor. * /The girl did not like to wash dishes but she made the best of it./ Compare: MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY …
8To get the best of — Best Best, n. Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one s best; to the best of our ability. [1913 Webster] {At best}, in the utmost degree or extent applicable to the case; under the most… …
9To make the best of — Best Best, n. Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one s best; to the best of our ability. [1913 Webster] {At best}, in the utmost degree or extent applicable to the case; under the most… …
10to the best of one's knowledge — As far as you know; to the extent of your knowledge. * /He has never won a game, to the best of my knowledge./ * /To the best of my knowledge he is a college man, but I may be mistaken./ …
