panna parastaan

Finnish

Verb

panna parastaan

  1. (idiomatic) to do one's best, do one's utmost, try one's hardest, try one's best, give it one's best shot
    • 1992, “Sä teet mut hulluksi”, in Heikki Salomaa, Timo Eränkö (lyrics), Pekka Hedkrok (music), Grrr!, performed by Lapinlahden Linnut:
      Sä elät mukana mun murheitani
      Ja nauruun puhkeat kun sängyssä paan parastani
      You live with my worries
      And burst out laughing when I do my best in bed

Conjugation

See panna. parastaan contains a possessive suffix:

Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase
possessor singular plural
1st person parastani parastamme
2nd person parastasi parastanne
3rd person parastaan
parastansa