Best
Best verb - To achieve a victory over.
Gain
Gain verb - To gradually increase in.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional best | emotional gain |
| good | good best | good gain |
| high | high best | high gain |
| original | original best | original gain |
| Other adjectives: simple, powerful, real, great, huge, possible. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Kleptomaniac Hero: The best way to gain vegetables is to pick them straight from the the NPC farmer's patches.
Source: Video Game / Fantasy Life - In Final Fantasy IV Kain is willing to betray his best friend of years in order to gain the love of Rosa, Cecil's lover.
Source: Devoted to You - Toss into this some of the best stats and stat growths in the game and, in the Avatar's case, the ability to support (and gain stat boosts from) every other character in the party, and both characters are generally considered to be the best in the game.
Source: Master of All
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