do your best
Give maximum effort
Do your best means to try as hard as you can, to give maximum effort regardless of outcome.
The phrase acknowledges that success isn't guaranteed while emphasizing sincere effort: Just do your best and see what happens.
It often appears as encouragement or consolation—before a challenge or after a disappointing result: You did your best; that's all anyone can ask.
- try hardMake a strong effort
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- striveMake sustained effort
- buckle downApply oneself determinedly
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
grind · put in work · push · sweat · blood sweat tears · determination · grit · persevere · never say die · all-out · go all in · give 110 percent · maximum · struggle · dig deep · go the distance · focus · dedication
do your bestphone it in
Perform with minimal effort
slack off · go through the motions · mail it in · coast · shirk
do your bestthrow in the towel
Concede defeat voluntarily
quit · self-sabotage · sandbag · give up · surrender
does, done, doer, doers, undone, your, yours, yourself, yourselves