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look one's best

look one's best verb: to have one's best possible appearance.

Verb

look one's best (third-person singular simple present looks one's best, present participle looking one's best, simple past and past participle looked one's best)

  1. To have one's best possible appearance.
    • Lately, I've been movin' close to the edge
      Still be lookin' my best2023 May 25, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, “Dance the Night”, in Barbie the Album, performed by Dua Lipa

Forms of look one's best

third-person singular presentlooks one's best
present participlelooking one's best
past participlelooked one's best
pastlooked one's best

Questions about look one's best

What does look one's best mean?
Look one's best means to have one's best possible appearance.
What part of speech is look one's best?
Look one's best is a verb.
What is the past tense of look one's best?
The past tense of look one's best is looked one's best.

Words near look one's best in the dictionary

  1. look on the dark side
  2. look on the dark side of it
  3. look on the gloomy side
  4. look on the positive side
  5. look one's age
  6. look one's best
  7. look out
  8. look out for number one
  9. look out for someone
  10. look over
  11. look over one's shoulder

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