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make the best of

make the best of

 
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make
part of speech: phrase
definition: to tolerate and deal with (a difficult or unpleasant situation) as cheerfully as one can or to the best of one's ability.
It rained the whole week while we were camping, so we just had to make the best of it.Life was hard during the depression and people had to make the best of things.My mother was always good at making the best of a hard situation.