Usually means: Utmost effort in given circumstances.
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  1. level best: Merriam-Webster
  2. level best: Vocabulary.com
  3. level best: Wiktionary
  4. (one's) level best, level best: Dictionary.com
  5. Level Best: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. level best: Rhymezone
  7. Level Best: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. level best: FreeDictionary.org
  9. level best: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. (one's) level best, level best: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. level best: Encyclopedia

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  1. level best: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (level best)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) The very best that one can do.

Similar:
uttermost, utmost, maximum, top note, crème de la crème, optimal, optimum, last word, best of the bunch, tiptop, more...

Phrases:
did level best, do level best, does level best, doing level best, do one's level best, more...

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Similar:
uttermost, utmost, maximum, top note, crème de la crème, optimal, optimum, last word, best of the bunch, tiptop, more...

Phrases:
did level best, do level best, does level best, doing level best, do one's level best, do ones level best, more...



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