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to the best of

  1. To the utmost extent of, especially of one's ability, knowledge, or power. For example, I'm sure he'll do it to the best of his ability, or To the best of my knowledge, they arrive tomorrow. [c. 1500]



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“We gathered them up to the best of our ability, trying to save them all,” the letter continued, “but as they were pretty badly mangled and terribly dirty by the time we got them to this office it was decided that the only thing to do with them was to destroy.”

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A spokesperson for Lord Cameron told Panorama that "to the best of Lord Cameron's recollection" the issues raised by President Karzai were about Nato forces in general and that "specific incidents with respect to UK Special Forces were not raised".

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"Football is a bit like war - you have to know what your job is, how it fits into the system, and how every other man is depending on you doing it to the best of your ability."

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"Collaboration between families, countries and law enforcement agencies gets us from the worst of humanity to the best of it", former lawyer Lee tells the BBC.

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"It's something that, to the best of my knowledge, you're not allowed to do. I don't know if that's constitutional that they're not allowing you to do it or anything else," Trump said.

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to that effectto the bitter end