Best
Best verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Both words in one sentence
- Sports-based Japanese animation is structured around Team Spirit and effort, and writers do their best to stay true to that and let the weaker team lose.
Source: Underdogs Never Lose - His Let's Play of Eversion is his best example of pretending to lose his sanity due to the game's Nightmare Fuel.
Source: Sanity Slippage / Web Original - So he thinks that people only cares for him due to his piloting skills, so he HAS to be the best or he will lose his new father and be alone again.
Source: Jerkass Woobie / Anime and Manga
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