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

"Nothing is trivial, and nothing is important, it's all the same—only to save oneself from it as best one can," thought Pierre.

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

One passes the evening as best one can in a provincial town on a coronation day when one doesn't go to the ball.

From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo

One goes as best one can over hill and dale through dwarf palms and mastic trees.

From Tartarin De Tarascon by Oliver C. Colt