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

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Verb

Forms: makes the best of a bad job [present, singular, third-person], making the best of a bad job [participle, present], made the best of a bad job [participle, past], made the best of a bad job [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> the best of a bad job}} make the best of a bad job (third-person singular simple present makes the best of a bad job, present participle making the best of a bad job, simple past and past participle made the best of a bad job)
  1. (UK, informal) To accept an unfortunate or unpleasant situation and do the best one can. Tags: UK, informal Related terms: give something up as a bad job, make the best of a bad bargain, make the best of, make a virtue of necessity
    Sense id: en-make_the_best_of_a_bad_job-en-verb-llDM5DN0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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