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View synonyms for give it one's best shot
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Make one's hardest or most enthusiastic attempt, as in I don't know if I can do it, but I'll give it my best shot . This expression employs shot in the sense of “attempt,” a usage dating from the mid-1700s.Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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