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- give it one's best shot
give it one's best shot
give it one's best shot
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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Renard | | rə-NAR | French (Rare) |
| Ezekiel | | i-ZEE-kee-əl (English), i-ZEE-kyəl (English) | Biblical, English |
| Maldwyn | | - | Welsh |
| Saam | | - | Persian, Persian Mythology |
| Sender | | - | Yiddish |
| Luigino | | - | Italian |