best vs first base

best

noun
  • One's best behavior. 

  • The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent. 

  • The supreme effort one can make, or has made. 

verb
  • Had best. 

  • To surpass in skill or achievement. 

  • To beat in a contest. 

adv
  • To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety. 

adj
  • Most; largest. 

  • Most superior; most favorable. 

first base

noun
  • Completion of the first phase of an activity. 

  • The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. 

  • Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship. 

  • The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act. 

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