know best
idiom
: to know or understand better than someone else what should be done
I would take the highway myself, but you live here so you know best.
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'Nearly unfettered discretion'?
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
State legislatures know best how to set reasonable limits on campaign and election spending, and to stop the corruption that flows from that money.
—Andrew Byron and Donna M. Rozar, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Children may receive the news differently, but parents generally know best how to deliver it.
—Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Photo: Ting Shen for The Wall Street Journal The process to inspect the audits of U.S. public companies needs an upgrade, according to some of the people who should know best—former inspectors who did the work over the last two decades.
—Mark Maurer, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
State legislatures know best how to set reasonable limits on campaign and election spending, and to stop the corruption that flows from that money.
—Andrew Byron and Donna M. Rozar, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Children may receive the news differently, but parents generally know best how to deliver it.
—Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Photo: Ting Shen for The Wall Street Journal The process to inspect the audits of U.S. public companies needs an upgrade, according to some of the people who should know best—former inspectors who did the work over the last two decades.
—Mark Maurer, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
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“Know best.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/know%20best. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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