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had best

verbid 11328·updated Jun 3, 2026
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act in one's own or everybody's best interest

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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act in one's own or everybody's best interest
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
act in one's own or everybody's best interest
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