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make the best of a bad job

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English

Syllables
make the best of a bad job
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To accept an unfortunate or unpleasant situation and do the best one can.

British usage; Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

makes the best of a bad job (present, singular) making the best of a bad job (participle, present) made the best of a bad job (participle, past) made the best of a bad job (past)

Phrases

give something up as a bad job make the best of a bad bargain make the best of make a virtue of necessity

Frequently Paired Words

give something up as a bad job make the best of a bad bargain make the best of make a virtue of necessity

Questions

What does make the best of a bad job mean?
To accept an unfortunate or unpleasant situation and do the best one can.

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