"made the best of a bad job" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} made the best of a bad job
  1. simple past and past participle of make the best of a bad job Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: make the best of a bad job
    Sense id: en-made_the_best_of_a_bad_job-en-verb-HP7K2Q5w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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