Meaning Of The Word Had best

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had best
modal phrase: If you say that someone had best do something or that they' d best do it, you mean they ought to do it.

had best in American English
ought to; would be prudent or wise to
would be wisest or most reasonable to; ought to

had best in British English
would be wise, sensible, etc, to

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