Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do one's utmost

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
do one's ut-most
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make the greatest possible effort.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

does one's utmost (present, singular) doing one's utmost (participle, present) did one's utmost (past) done one's utmost (participle, past)

Synonyms

empty the tank go all out pull out all the stops give one's all

Questions

What does do one's utmost mean?
To make the greatest possible effort.

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