Best and Crush

Best

Best verb - To achieve a victory over.

Usage example: at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts

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Crush and best are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crush" instead a verb "Best".

Crush verb - To cause to become a pulpy mass.

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Best and crush are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Best" instead a verb "Crush".

Nearby Words: crushed, crushing, crusher

good	good best	good crush
best	best best	best crush
original	original best	original crush
deep	deep best	deep crush
Other adjectives: simple, real, huge, new, possible.

Ginta and Arimi pretended to be each other's beards in Marmalade Boy to get Miki (Ginta's crush and best friend) and Yuu (Arimi's ex boyfriend) back, respectively.

Source: The Beard
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Metis had a massive crush on Nikamedes in her school days, but he was in love with her best friend (Gwen's mother), so she backed away.

Source: Literature / Mythos Academy
There's also a possibility of another Mii (usually the best friend of said love interest, and is the same gender) coming in their place to say the crush isn't interested.

Source: Video Game / Tomodachi Life

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