be on your best behaviour
Definition
› to behave extremely well and be very polite on a particular occasion: I'd just met his parents for the first time so I was on my best behaviour.Behaving well
(Definition of be on your best behaviour from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be (as) good as gold idiom
- behave verb
- breeding noun (BEHAVIOUR)
- children should be seen and not heard idiom
- decorous adjective
- demure adjective
- good adjective (BEHAVIOUR)
- gracious adjective (PLEASANT)
- keep your nose clean idiom
- polite adjective
- set an example idiom
- well behaved adjective
- well bred adjective
- well brought up adjective
- well mannered adjective
- well spoken adjective
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