“to the best”

The following 3 entries include the term to the best.

to the best of one's belief

idiom

saying something is to the best of one's belief means it agrees with what one knows and believes to be true

to the best of one's knowledge

idiom

used to say that a person thinks something is true but that there may be something he or she does not know which makes it untrue

to the best of someone's recollection

idiom

: from what someone can remember


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