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

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 Hugo, Victor

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

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

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 De Windt, Harry