do best
do (one's) best
To do as well as one possibly can at something. I'm just not good at math, so, believe me, a B- in Algebra means that I've done my best. No, you're not the star player on the team, but you always do your best, which encourages the rest of us to do the same.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
do one's (level) best
to do something as well as one can. Just do your level best. That's all we can ask of you. Tom isn't doing his best. We may have to replace him.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (I) hope not
- hope not
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- by no means
- not for a second
- iota
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