besting

Verb (1)

best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested)

1. (transitive) To surpass in skill or achievement.
2. (transitive) To beat in a contest.
   • The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm left New York on May 3 [1904], at 3.10 p.m. and reached Plymouth Sound on May 9 at 8 a.m. This was then a very fast crossing of the Atlantic, but it was not the record. The same ship had held the "Blue Riband" in 1902, but had been slightly bested...1944 July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The "City of Truro"”, in Railway Magazine, pages 201–202

Verb (2)

best

1. (colloquial, modal) Had best.
   • It's getting late. You best get on home.

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