as best one can
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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.
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saving grace, a, as a whole, asb., Asben, asbestoid, as best one can, asbestos, asbestos body, asbestos cement, asbestosis, as big as life
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