What do “Do the maximum” and “Do the minimum” mean?





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As in the examples:




  • I’ll just do the maximum possible and I am happy with that.

  • He thought he was smart to save everything and do the minimum.


I can not find out the meanings of them.



P/S:




  • "do the maximum" means "try the best"?

  • "do the minimum" means "do as litle as possible"?


Thanks in advance.






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  • What do "maximum" and "minimum" mean, according to a dictionary?
    – Hot Licks
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  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
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  • @HotLicks, I'm learning English at this site 7esl.com/collocations-with-do, can you see these these sentences? I can not find the meanings in any online dictionaries.
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    5 mins ago



















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As in the examples:




  • I’ll just do the maximum possible and I am happy with that.

  • He thought he was smart to save everything and do the minimum.


I can not find out the meanings of them.



P/S:




  • "do the maximum" means "try the best"?

  • "do the minimum" means "do as litle as possible"?


Thanks in advance.






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  • What do "maximum" and "minimum" mean, according to a dictionary?
    – Hot Licks
    15 mins ago










  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
    – Hot Licks
    15 mins ago










  • @HotLicks, I'm learning English at this site 7esl.com/collocations-with-do, can you see these these sentences? I can not find the meanings in any online dictionaries.
    – hungndv
    5 mins ago















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As in the examples:




  • I’ll just do the maximum possible and I am happy with that.

  • He thought he was smart to save everything and do the minimum.


I can not find out the meanings of them.



P/S:




  • "do the maximum" means "try the best"?

  • "do the minimum" means "do as litle as possible"?


Thanks in advance.






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As in the examples:




  • I’ll just do the maximum possible and I am happy with that.

  • He thought he was smart to save everything and do the minimum.


I can not find out the meanings of them.



P/S:




  • "do the maximum" means "try the best"?

  • "do the minimum" means "do as litle as possible"?


Thanks in advance.






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  • What do "maximum" and "minimum" mean, according to a dictionary?
    – Hot Licks
    15 mins ago










  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
    – Hot Licks
    15 mins ago










  • @HotLicks, I'm learning English at this site 7esl.com/collocations-with-do, can you see these these sentences? I can not find the meanings in any online dictionaries.
    – hungndv
    5 mins ago




















  • What do "maximum" and "minimum" mean, according to a dictionary?
    – Hot Licks
    15 mins ago










  • Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
    – Hot Licks
    15 mins ago










  • @HotLicks, I'm learning English at this site 7esl.com/collocations-with-do, can you see these these sentences? I can not find the meanings in any online dictionaries.
    – hungndv
    5 mins ago


















What do "maximum" and "minimum" mean, according to a dictionary?
– Hot Licks
15 mins ago




What do "maximum" and "minimum" mean, according to a dictionary?
– Hot Licks
15 mins ago












Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
15 mins ago




Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
– Hot Licks
15 mins ago












@HotLicks, I'm learning English at this site 7esl.com/collocations-with-do, can you see these these sentences? I can not find the meanings in any online dictionaries.
– hungndv
5 mins ago






@HotLicks, I'm learning English at this site 7esl.com/collocations-with-do, can you see these these sentences? I can not find the meanings in any online dictionaries.
– hungndv
5 mins ago

















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