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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as best one can

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

One oughtn't, I suppose, to bother too much about the future, but arrange as best one can with the present; and the present bids me go home and try and get more things published.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James

Over this pass, ten miles in length, there is no path; one must find one's way as best one can through the huge rocks and boulders.

From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by Harry De Windt

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 John Graham Bower

Then draw me close to thee, for life is brief— A little space to pass as best one can.

From Threads of Grey and Gold by Myrtle Reed