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do one's worst

do one's worst verb: inflict the worst possible damage one can.

Verb

do one's worst (third-person singular simple present does one's worst, present participle doing one's worst, simple past did one's worst, past participle done one's worst)

  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 of do one's worst

third-person singular presentdoes one's worst
present participledoing one's worst
pastdid one's worst
past participledone one's worst

Questions about do one's worst

What does do one's worst mean?
Do one's worst means inflict the worst possible damage one can.
What part of speech is do one's worst?
Do one's worst is a verb.
What is the past tense of do one's worst?
The past tense of do one's worst is did one's worst.

Words near do one's worst in the dictionary

  1. do one's part
  2. do one's stuff
  3. do one's sums
  4. do one's thing
  5. do one's utmost
  6. do one's worst
  7. do oneself a mischief
  8. do or die
  9. do out
  10. do out of
  11. do over

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