TO MAKE THE BEST OF

Definition: TO MAKE THE BEST OF

TO MAKE THE BEST OF

1. (a) To improve to the utmost; to use or dispose of to the greatest advantage. ``Let there be freedom to carry their commodities where they can make the best of them.'' --Bacon. (b) To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Familiar Quotations: TO MAKE THE BEST OF

Author	Quotation
Edwin Hubbel Chapin	The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Use in Literature: TO MAKE THE BEST OF

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	They had vanished with the storm, and there was nothing for it but to make the best of my way home.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translation: TO MAKE THE BEST OF

Language		Translations for "TO MAKE THE BEST OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		was zu retten ist (to make the best of a bad job), sich mit etwas abfinden (to make the best of something), retten (bring off, keep, preserve, receive, recover, redeem, rescue, retrieve, salvage, save, to deserves, to make the best of a bad job, to salvage, to salve, to save). (various references)

Hungarian		kihasználja a helyzetet (make the best, make the most of, to improve the situation, to make the best of sg, to make the most of sg), jól kihasználja az idejét (to make the best of one's time, to make the best use of one's time). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay akemay ethay estbay ofay
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Anagrams: TO MAKE THE BEST OF

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-f-h-k-m-o-o-s-t-t-t"
	-5 letters: theftboots.
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