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had best

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

act in one's own or everybody's best interest

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
do well
pasttense
hadded best
presentparticiple
hadding best
thirdpersonsingular
hads best
pastparticiple
hadded best