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1.1
Verb
1.1.1
Usage notes
1.1.2
Derived terms
1.1.3
Translations
1.2
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English
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Verb
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had
best
(
modal
,
auxiliary verb
)
Had better
.
Usage notes
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Often
had
is reduced to the clitic
'd
or omitted.
Derived terms
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'd best
best
Translations
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had better
—
see
had better
References
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“
had best
”, in
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