as best one can

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

To air out GT-R as best one can on public roads, twice we aimed its blood red hatchet nose up a favorite canyon.

From Forbes • Nov. 9, 2014

I know you can do nothing more—that one can only do one's work as best one can and all that—but I still feel restless.

From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham

These things must take their course, I suppose, and while they are doing it one must grope about as best one can by the flickering lantern-light of one's own affrighted spirit.

From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Arnim, Elizabeth von

So one tries to do some work as best one can.

From The Nabob by Blaydes, W.

To be frank, it was not the Danube, nor was it so deep that I was compelled to swim, but when one is twenty and in love, one tells a story as best one can.

From The Last Galley Impressions and Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir