"do one's worst" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does one's worst [present, singular, third-person], doing one's worst [participle, present], did one's worst [past], done one's worst [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> one's worst}} do one's worst (third-person singular simple present does one's worst, present participle doing one's worst, simple past did one's worst, past participle done one's worst)
  1. inflict the worst possible damage one can Related terms: do one's best
    Sense id: en-do_one's_worst-en-verb-Gf5TZZF0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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