单词 | to give of one's best |
释义 | > as lemmasto give of one's best d. to give of one's best: to employ one's best efforts; to show the full extent of one's talents or capabilities; to give one's all. ΚΠ 1849 Ecclesiologist Oct. 111 Lamenting the general absence of a true sense of the duty of giving of our best to God's service. 1896 Birmingham Weekly Post 21 Mar. 4/8 I hate this gutterling assault on..a true poet, who has given us of his best. 1920 Sabbath Recorder 31 May 698/1 I've always known that you were holding back, that you were not giving of your best. 1960 Today 25 June 4 An advertising agency has given of its professional best. 1990 C. Brayfield Prince 5 [They] were actresses who could never give of their best when their shoes pinched. < as lemmas |
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