(some city's) finest

The police force of a particular city. New York's finest were able to apprehend the thief. I'm confident that LA's finest will be able to find this suspect before he strikes again. I've always been proud to wear the badge of Philadelphia's finest.

—'s finest

the police of a specified city. North American informal

2000 Nelson DeMille The Lion's Game As I indicated, I was a homicide detective, one of New York's Finest.

See also: fin

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See also:

finest
go critical
be not able to find hide nor hair of (someone or something)
have (one's) kicking boots on
get through to (someone or something)
bodied
all able-bodied people
able to take just so much
able to take only so much
able to take a joke

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