first crack at

*first crack at something

Fig. the first opportunity at doing, fixing, or having something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; take ~; want ~.) I'll take the first crack at it, and if I can't do it, you can try.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Astrophel	-	Literature
Petrica	-	Romanian
Luann	loo-AN	English
Xavier	ZAY-vee-ər (English), ZAY-vyər (English), ig-ZAY-vee-ər (English), za-VYE (French), sha-VYER (Portuguese)	English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
Suzie	SOO-zee	English
Dolly	['dɔli]