Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To make the greatest possible effort.

    Please try to do your utmost to be there on Saturday. It's really important that you are there.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. He has done his utmost for me.

    deEr hat sein Äußerstes für mich getan. — Lars224

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  2. We should do our utmost to establish world peace.

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  3. Tom did his utmost to stop his marriage from falling apart.

    deTom tat sein Äußerstes, um seine Ehe vor dem Scheitern zu bewahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. They'll do their utmost.

    ruОни сделают всё возможное. — marafon

    deSie werden ihr Möglichstes tun. — Tamy

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  5. They will do their utmost.

    ruОни сделают всё возможное. — marafon

    deSie werden ihr Möglichstes tun. — Tamy

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Forms

does one's utmost, doing one's utmost, did one's utmost, done one's utmost
Base formdo one's utmost · to do one's utmost
3rd person singulardoes one's utmost
Present participledoing one's utmost
Past simpledid one's utmost
Past participledone one's utmost

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydo one's utmost
he, she, itdoes one's utmost

Past simpleLesson

all personsdid one's utmost

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave done one's utmost
he, she, ithas done one's utmost

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill do one's utmost

Synonyms

4 synonyms
empty the tankgo all outpull out all the stopsgive one's all

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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