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do one's worst en · VERB

Meanings

  1. inflict the worst possible damage one can
    • “Thumbs!” ordered Mr Big. “Do your worst with the boy!” Frank looked on in terror as the man bent back his humongous Thumbs, ready to cause damage. The henchman pressed them hard into the boy’s ears. Frank felt like his brain was going to burst. “ARGH!” he screamed. 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
does one's worst Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
done one's worst Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
doing one's worst Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
did one's worst Tense=Past lexicographic

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